Fagonia arabica, Fagonia cretica, Cretan prickly clover,
פגוניה ערבית
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| | Scientific name: |
| Fagonia arabica L. |
| Synonym name: |
| Fagonia cretica L. |
| Common name: |
| Cretan prickly clover |
| Hebrew name: |
| פגוניה ערבית |
| Arabic name: |
| shawkat-ul-baiza, gamda |
| Spanish name: |
| Manto de la Virgen. Risa de la Virgen |
| Family: |
| Zygophyllaceae, Bean Caper or Caltrop family, זוגניים |
Location: Aravah; Date Picture Taken: February 26,2009
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| | Life form: |
| Chamaephyte, semi-shrub |
| Leaves: |
| Opposite, compound, trifoliolate, smooth, spinescense stipules |
| Flowers: |
| Pink solitary flowers, 5 free, mucronate sepals; 5 free, clawed, imbricate, caduceus petals; 10 free stamens, inserted on a disc; filaments filiform, without appendages; 5-celled sessile ovary; 2 ovules at the base of each cell; 5-angled style persistent; simple stigma; septicidal capsule fruit, pentagonous, deeply 5-lobed, splitting along the axis into 5 carpals; carpals 1-seeded; seeds ovate or ovate-oblong, compressed, with mucillaginous coat |
| Flowering Period: |
| April, May, June |
| Habitat: |
| Sand |
| Distribution: |
| Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: |
| Saharo-Arabian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
| Protected Flower, צמח מוגן: |
| No |
Location: Aravah; Date Picture Taken: February 26,2009
Derivation of the botanical name:
Fagonia, named for Guy-Crescent Fagon (1638 – 1718), a physician and botanist to Louis XIV
arabica, of Arabia.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
Fagonia arabica / Fagonia cretica is seen in the desert and at the margins of the wadis and near the water runnels, it is used to treat stomach pain as well as being used alone or mixed with other herbs for severe fevers and mucus.
According to traditional knowledge, Fagonia cretica has medicinal potential, and in present study this information was confirmed at laboratory level by performing different biological assays.
Fagonia cretica attenuates oxidative stress mediated cell injury during OGD (oxygen glucose deprivation).
It is effective in elevating the GSH (glutathione) levels, expression of the gamma-glutamylcysteine ligase and Cytosolic Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu-Zn SOD) genes and may be an effective therapeutic tool against ischemic brain damage.
Location: Aravah; Date Picture Taken: February 26,2009
Location: Aravah; Date Picture Taken: February 26,2009
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