| Spartium junceum L., it is a shrub up to 1 -3 meters, non-thorny, erect, with slender, cylindrical, jonciform, compressible branches, finely striated, very glabrous, glaucous green, few leaves. Leaves simple, oblong-lanceolate, entire, glabrous above, with applied hairs below. Yellow flowers, large, fragrant, in terminal clusters. Calyx scarious, glabrous, split to the base into a single lip cut obliquely and ending in 5 small teeth, standard large, orbicular, straightened, keel with sharp beak, monadelphous stamens, curved style at the top. Pods 6-8 cm by 7 mm, linear, almost glabrous, and black when ripe, with 12-18 seeds. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:———— , Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Azores, S. Europe to E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:519057-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/519057-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213405, https://www.gbif.org/species/5355395, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64868/spartium-junceum-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1123.html, https://maltawildplants.com/FABC/Spartium_junceum.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_genetjonc.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/spajun/, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/spartium_junceum.htm, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/124453/tab/fiche, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Spartium+junceum |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Hussaien, along the coastal road Ras El-Hilal-Shahat, (10 km) E. of Gubba 1967 Wadi Qala, above Ras El-Hilal 1970 Shahat, Ras El-Hilal, (22 km) from Labrig to Derna, Gubba 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Jarjar-Omma, Wadi Ras Al-Hilal 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442 / https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805 | Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 |
| Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2 | Vegetation Cover of Ain Mara 2020 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Mukassabi, T.A., Thomas,P.A., ELMogasapi, A.(2017) Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya: existence and extinction. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 10/2 (2017) 183-192. https://bit.ly/44GKtLd, https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4064/ | Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica 2017 |
| El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014 DOI: 10.5829/ idosi. aejaes. 2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
