Flora

Traganum nudatum Delile

Common Name: Damran

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Apr.

General Appearance

Traganum nudatum Delile, it is a low shrub, divaricately branched, 20-50 cm long with whitish-glossy, glabrous or scabrous, stems. Leaves 5-10 x 1 mm, oblong-linear, fleshy, ± mucronate, slightly recurved, villous at axils, papillose. Flowers axillary, solitary, c. 4 mm long; bracteoles 2, longer than flower ± leaf-like. fleshy. Perianth-lobes erect, oblong-lanceolate, ± acuminate, 3-5 mm long in fruit, with rudimentary protuberances on back, anthers exerted. Seed horizontal, sub globose, 1 mm in diam, with membranous testa.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is Sahara to Iraq and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:

(15 km)W. of Sirte 1977 Wadi Soofejeen 2017

Jabal Nafusa:

Wadi Kaam 2017

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

Al-Qibla area:

Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Ghadames area:

(184 km) from Nalut to Ghadames 1975

Al-Jufra area:

Bu-Njim, (17 km) from Hum to Bugrain 1973 EL-Harouge mountain 2012 EL-Jufra 2018

Fezzan area:

(15,20 km) from Sebha to Al-Abiad, (7.5 km ) from Um-Laraneb 1973 (136 km ) from Bir Esshwerif to Brak 1977 Wadi Al-Hayat 2009 Gaber-Oun Lake 2012

Ghat area:

(91 km) from highway to Ghat 1973

Gebel Al-Uweinat:

Gebel Uweinat 1968

Notes

Wild in Libya, desert species, medicinal plant.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167628-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/167628-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000407143, https://www.gbif.org/species/3760351, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/26764/traganum-nudatum-delile, https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Traganum.nudatum, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/amaranthaceae/traganum-nudatum, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/traganum_nudatum/, https://atlas-sahara.org/Amaranthaceae/Traganum%20nudatum/Traganum%20nudatum.html?cat=Amaranthaceae, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRANUD/, https://www.floraofqatar.com/traganum_nudatum.htm, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13596-019-00365-1, https://search.mandumah.com/Record/1005307, https://abs.bibl.u-szeged.hu/index.php/abs/article/view/2940

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

EL-Barasi,Y.M., Bader, B.M., Barrani. M.W., EL-Hashani, N.M. and Alamrouni, A.O. (2018) Ecological studies on EL-Jufra Desert Depression. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi

Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha

Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic)

Al-Mathnani, A. M., Elssaidi, M. A. (2012) Ecological Restoration of Gaber-Oun Hyper-Saline Lake (Southern Libya). International Conference on Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences (ICCEBS’2012) Penang, Malaysia. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JdnAB7IAAAAJ&hl=en

El-Barasi, Y.M. & Barrani, M.W. (2012) Factors affecting natural vegetation on EL-Harouge Mountain, Central part of Libyan Desert (Sahara). Bocconea 24: 199-211. 2012. -ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manam-Saaed-2

El-Bana, M. I. & Al-Mathnani, M. A. (2009) Vegetation-soil relationships in the Wadi Al-Hayat Area of the Libyan Sahara. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3(2): 740-747, 2009 ISSN 1991-8178. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magdy-El-Bana, https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Abdul-Salam-Al-Mathnani-2053550621

El-Shaary MS. 2002. The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic)

Al-Habony MEE 1999. Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean Coast of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border. MSc. Thesis. Department of Botany. Faculty of Science. Benghazi University. Benghazi. Libya.