Snowdrop Bush / عَبهَر /

أصطَُرك مَخزني / الإصطرك الطبي / الاصطرق الطبي / الحنبلوز / اللبنى / الميعة / حَوْز / مَيْعَة /

Styrax officinalis L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to June
Seed collection period
July to December
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Tree

Scientifc data

Genus
Styrax
Family
Styracaceae
Wikidata item
Q1281140
GBIF Item
Styrax officinalis L. (5371666)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Styrax officinalis L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  2. IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
  3. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-03-22. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Styrax+officinalis>
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  5. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  6. عراف، شكري. النباتات في الكتاب المقدس. عكا: مركز الدراسات القروية، 2009.
  7. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  8. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  9. 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.
  10. Fernley-Pearson, Thomas. Agroforestry for Palestine. Bustan Qaraaqa Publications, 2010.
  11. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
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Citation

Styrax officinalis L. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/640 accessed via barari.org on 12/26/2024.

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