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Calicotome villosa (Poir.) Link

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to March
Seed collection period
May to August
Potential medicinal uses
  • Antimicrobial
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Trifoliolate
Life form
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Calicotome
Family
Fabaceae
Wikidata item
Q2259953
GBIF Item
Calicotome villosa (Poir.) Link (2956364)

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  3. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  5. Post GE. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai. Рипол Классик; 1932.
  6. Calicotome villosa (Poir.) Link in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-24.
  7. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  8. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  9. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  10. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  11. Dallman, Peter R. Plant Life in the World’s Mediterranean Climates: California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin. University of California Press, 1998.

Citation

Calicotome villosa (Poir.) Link in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/484 accessed via barari.org on 5/5/2025.

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