פתילת-המדבר הגדולה
אסקלפייםCalotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton f.
Asclepiadaceae

Presentations

• צמחים ובעלי חיים בתהליכי אבולוציה משותפת

Articles

• הצומח בבקעת יריחו (קרדום, 1983)
• מה אתה יודע על הצמחיה בבקעה (, 1970)

Characters

• Life form (Raunkiaer) : tree
• Habitat : Thermophilous plants
• Floresence : May, June, July, August, September, October, November
• Sexuality and Eciousity : Flowers hermaphrodite only
• Petal or tepal color : white, pink
• Leaf arrangement : opposite (two leaves per node)
• Leaf type : entire
• Leaf or leaflet margin : smooth
• Stipule : absent
• Spinescence : absent
• Succulence : non-succulent
• Chorotype : Sudanian
• Distribution In Israel : The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
• Salt resistance : glycophyte
• Synanthropy : mostly natural, also synanthropic
• Summer shedding : perenating
• Sporangia or seed homogeneity : Homogeneous seeds-fruits

Names

• German: Zaunwinde
• Hebrew with Vowels: פְּתִילַת-הַמִּדְבָּר הַגְּדוֹלָה תַּפּוּחַ סְדוֹם
• Hebrew Synonym: תפוח סדום
• German: Sodomapfel, Oscherstrauch
• English: Sodom‘s apple, giant milkweed
• Arabic: al oshar, al oshr, al asheer

Distribution

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