Flora

Leiotulus alexandrinus Ehrenb.

Common Name: Teludi

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Jun

General Appearance

Leiotulus alexandrinus Ehrenb. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Malabaila suaveolens Delile ex Coss., it is a biennial or perennial, erect, up to 10-60 cm tall, simple or thinly branched, patent hairy herb with sulcate, sub angular stem; hairs ± prickly on stems and leaves. Leaves broadly oblong or triangular-ovate, 8-20 (-25) x 5-12 (-15) cm shallowly to deeply bipinnatisect into ovate to obovate, cuneate, pinnatifid lobes with incised-dentate ultimate segments; upper leaves reduced to sheaths or petioles. Umbels 4-20-rayed, on terminal, 4-10 cm long, rays sub equal filiform, 4-10 cm long; rays sub equal, filiform, 1.5-2 cm long, lengthening up to c. 7 cm in fruit Bracts absent. Umbellules 10-15-flowered. Pedicels filiform, 2-4 mm long, greenish-yellow, sub equal, elongating to 5·8 mm in fruit. Bracteoles 2-5, linear- setaceous, 0.5-2 mm long, much shorter than the pedicels, mareeseent-decidllous to persistent. Petals obovate, c. 0.75 mm long, dorsally lanate to glabrescent, yellow. Styles longer than undulate margined, yellow stylopodillm, erect in fruit. Fruit almost orbicular to obovate-suborbicular, 8-10 mm long and broad, emarginate at apex, straw yellow with brownish tinge; mericarps glabrous, flattened dorsally, ribs filiform, furrows with visible brown oil ducts, lateral ribs extended to c. 1 mm broad wings.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is N. Africa.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Gaminis-Benghazi road, near Tocra 1968 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021

Jabal Nafusa:

Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Al-Bakur 1968 Shahat 1970 Wadi El Mahbool, Baida 1973 (20 km) S. of Al-Baida to Derna, Ras El-Hilal, (11 km) from Ras El-Hilal to Derna, El-Ghareeb, (6 km) E. of Labrag to Derna 1978 (4 km) from Ras El-Hilal to Derna 1979 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 El-Bakur 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 S.AL-Marj 2011 Qandulah, Al-Marj-Al-Baida motorway 2011 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog, From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019

Notes

Wild in Libya, weed flora.

Link of images: https://www.floramaroccana.fr/malabaila-suaveolens.html, https://www.gbif.org/species/3628748

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:844137-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/844137-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000360835. https://www.gbif.org/species/3628748, http://www.floramaroccana.fr/malabaila-suaveolens.html

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2021) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Pashtota in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj- University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb

Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

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,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

Hegazyi, A.K., Boulos, L., Kabiel, H.F. and Sharashy, O.S. (2011) Vegetaion and species altitudinal distribution in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape, Libya. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1885-1898, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hanan_Kabiel/publication/249011161_Vegetation_and_species_altitudinal_distribution_in_Al-Jabal_Al-Akhdar_landscape_Libya/links/58171d7c08ae90acb24128b9.pdf

Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic).

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).

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)