Anagyris foetida L.

Common Name: Karrob Kalb.
Family: Fabaceae

General Appearance

Anagyris foetida L., it is a shrub, up to 1-3 m tall, branched almost from the base, with erect or ascending branches, younger branches appressed-pubescent or tomentose. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 3, foliolate, stipules tomentose, united at least up to half their length, leaflets 3-8 cm long, usually elliptic or lanceolate, sessile, entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers yellow, 1.5 cm long. Pedicels as long as or shorter than calyx, somewhat elongating in fruit, calyx appressed-pubescent with triangular-teeth, sometimes blackish-green. Keel twice or more as long as calyx, standard c. half as long as keel, obcordate, often with a blackish spot. Pods (3-) R-14 x 1.2-2 cm. broadly linear, pendulous, straight to arcuate, tapering at both ends. acuminate, usually undulate at margin, glabrous, brownish. Seeds 2-6, reniform, compressed, violet.

Flowering in: Feb-Mar.

Life Form

Ph.

Phytochoria

MED+SA. The native range of this species is Medit. to Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata (El Amoud area) 1979  Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008  Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013  Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi El-Tier, (24 km) W. Derna, along the coastal road to Susa 1967  Shahat 1973  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Habun (Ain Al-Shallala) 2017  Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019  Ain Mara 2020

Marmarica Plateau:  From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999

 

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol.  (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 9.

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

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2

الغطاء النباتي في منطقة عين مارة بمنطقة الجبل الاخضر2020

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2017) Similarities between elevations in a rare species of some locations at Al- Jabal Al-Akhdar in Libya. International Journal of Environment ISSN 2077-4505.Volume: 06 Issue: 03 July-Sept. 2017, Page: 78-102. http://www.curresweb.com/ije/ije/2017/78-102.pdf

Similarities between elevations in a rare species of some locations at Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar. 2017

Abusaief, H.M.A. & Alwishish, F.M. (2017) Survey of endangered plants and description the seeds in some sites at Al-JabalAl-Akhdar of Libya. Curr. Sci. Int., 6 (3): 511-539, 2017 ISSN 2077-4435. http://www.curresweb.com/csi/csi/2017/511-539.pdf

Survey of endangered plants at Al-Jabal – Al-Akhdar of Libya 2017_compressed

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

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. 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).

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 63 (1910).  https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s

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