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Astragalus spinosus
spotted in a small oasis in the desert mountains
used in traditional medicine to treat kidney pain and asthma
Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 29, 2013
6 Comments
Nice one - they are beautiful in red! I just added a bit of info about the traditional uses (from a publication by F. Gilbert). Maybe ask your Bedouin friend about that too...
I added it my red ones, see here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/112...
Will ask my Bedouin friend again about it....
No, you have to add your own spotting, but that would be great - help document other places/times that the plant has been seen.
I have pictures from it with red fruits (but bad quality, I'm afraid..)
Can I add them here somehow?
You're welcome!
This was the first time we had seen this species but there were several plants in the area - near the tomb of Sheikh Haboos. In the "Wildlife in South Sinai" book by D.Aly and R. Khalil, they state this species is "widespread". I would like to spot it when the fruits are still red!
I was looking for the name of this, thanks! :)
A friend in St. Katherine could tell me the Bedouin name (كداث) and he told me that this plant is rarely seen nowadays, at least in the St. Katherine area ( I found a lot of them in Wadi Gandara last year, hope they are still there...)