Devil-bean

فول الشيطان، الخشخاش، الكوخ المخفوق

• COMMON NAME: Devil-bean, rattleweed, shake shack, or wedge-leaf rattlepod.

• ARABIC:فول الشيطان، الخشخاش، الكوخ المخفوق

• BOTANICAL NAME:Crotalaria retusa L.

• FAMILY:FABACEAE

• KIND:Native

• EMIRATE:Fujairah

• GROWTH FORMS:Herbs

• HABITATS:Sandy

• TYPES:Annual

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, stems not branched, erect, up to 30 (-80) cm. Leaves alternate, elliptic, tapering to base, rounded tip with small notch, 1-3*2-6.5 cm. Flowers nodding on short stalks, in loose terminal sprays, yellow, up to 2 cm, calyx covering petals halfway. Pods perpendicular to stem, 1*3 cm, brown, cylindrical with round end and 1 cm long hair-like tip, persisting calyx surrounding base. Seeds heart-shaped, glossy, brown. Flowering from February to April.

REFERENCES:

M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.