Mazhar Botanic Garden

Caralluma hesperidum Maire

Caralluma

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001090
Common name: Caralluma
English name: Caralluma
Arabic name: كرالوما
Native: Morocco
Country: Morocco
(PGR): Rare

It is a slender much-branched perennial succulent  20 cm high, forming diffuse mats to  50 cm in diameter, the stems decurved and rooting freely in contact with the soil flower star shaped  blackish-purple, frosted with minute white papillae stem slender, cylindrical, slightly angled with conical protuberance, erect to decumbent and rooting, apically tapering, whitish green, grey-green, marbled or spotted with brown to purple, 10-40 cm long, 12-15 mm in diameter, excluding teeth, 3- to 6-ribbed, sides conspicuously furrowed fruit follicles

Ornamental. Medicinal. It grows dry regions along the coast .

Orbea decaisneana subs heperidum (Maire) Jonkers

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Texture: Calcareous Sandy alluvia
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Coastal area
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9a : 11b
pH range: 6.5-8.5
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Succulent
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Shop garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild alkaline Neutral

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