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Hippocrepis constricta Kunze

أم القرين
Fabaceae
  • Morphological Description
    • Description
      Annual herb. Leaves shortly petiolate; leaflets 2-3 pairs, obovate to oblong, 3-8 x 2-4 mm, obtuse or emarginate. Flowers creamy to pale yellow, about 5 mm long, 1-4 in peduncled, capitate, axillary racemes. Pods straight or arcuate, pubescent to glabrescent, 15-30 x 2-4 mm; horseshoe-shaped sinuses in line, with projecting sinus-edges.
  • Habitat and Distribution
    • Geographical Distribution Range
      This Saharo-Arabian species is distributed from Morocco and Mauritania to Iran and Pakistan. For the Arabian Peninsula, it is native to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Gulf states, Oman and Qatar.
  • Ecology
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    • IUCN Red List Category
      Not Evaluated  IUCN Icon
      Not Evaluated
  • Uses and Values
    • Other Usages
      Palatable
    • Description of Traditional Uses
      No specific documented uses were identified in accessible literature.