Sea Rocket / إسليح بحري /

رشاد البحر /

Cakile maritima Scop.

Edibility and usage

Blooming period
March to October
Seed collection period
May to December

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Lilach
  • White
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Cakile
Family
Brassicaceae
Wikidata item
Q589913
GBIF Item
Cakile maritima Scop. (3048831)

References

  1. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  2. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)

Citation

Cakile maritima Scop. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/1296 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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