Poet's-cassia / أَبو لَيلَة / بو الصّالِح /

White Osyris / أوزيريس أَبيض / صَندَل أبيَض / نَشاش /

Osyris alba L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
March to August
Seed collection period
September to November

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Osyris L.
Family
Santalaceae
Wikidata item
Q1114899
GBIF Item
Osyris alba L. (3789029)

References

  1. Osyris alba L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-02.
  2. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  3. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)

Citation

Osyris alba L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/801 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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