Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Bet Shean Valley (Common)
- Samarian Desert (Common)
- Lower Jordan Valley (V. Common)
- Judean Desert (V. Rare)
- Dead-Sea Valley (Rare)
- Negev Highlands (V. Rare)
- Arava Valley (V. Rare)
- Ammon (V. Rare)
- Edom (Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Family
Additional Names
- Arabic Name:
- heglig, laloub
- English:
- Jericho balsam
- English:
- Egyptian myrobalan
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- זַקּוּם מִצְרִי
תכונות וזיהוי
-
עצים של נאות מדבר בבקעת ים-המלח, גובהם עד 6 מ'.
-
העלים בעלי זוג עלעלים דמויי ביצה.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- tree
- Spinescence:
- stems
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- compound, pinnate, pinnate or bipinnate
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Desert, Thermophilous plants
- Chorotype:
- Sudanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- mostly natural, also synanthropic
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Zygophyllaceae
- Genus:
- Balanites
Balanites aegyptiaca in the Botanic Library
