Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Golan (V. Rare)
- Lower Galilee (V. Rare)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Rare)
- Coastal Galilee (V. Rare)
- Samarian Desert (Rare)
- Lower Jordan Valley (Common)
- Dead-Sea Valley (Rare)
- Negev Highlands (V. Rare)
- Southern Negev (Rare)
- Arava Valley (Common)
- Ammon (V. Rare)
- Edom (Common)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Family
Additional Names
- Arabic Name:
- al oshar, al oshr, al asheer
- English:
- Sodom‘s apple, giant milkweed
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- פְּתִילַת-הַמִּדְבָּר הַגְּדוֹלָה תַּפּוּחַ סְדוֹם
תכונות וזיהוי
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שיחים בעלי שרף חלבי (זהירות!). העלים גדולים, מכחילים, כמעט יושבים.
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הכותרת כמעט גלגלית, קוטרה כ-20 מ"מ 5 אונות הכותרת בצבע סגול או ארגמן כהה. המפוחית גדולה ונפוחה, קוטרה 12-8 מ"מ.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- tree
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Thermophilous plants
- Chorotype:
- Sudanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- mostly natural, also synanthropic
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Asclepiadaceae
- Genus:
- Calotropis
Calotropis procera in the Botanic Library
