2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
How do these two plants look in nature, which are spelled the same in Arabic? Suddenly, walking through the expanses of our little Earth ball, you will meet them, but not knowing who they are, you will pass by. Although, only a very lazy person can pass by such beauty, and there are no such people among travelers
Mashta, she is Cleome droserifolia, she is Cleome sundew
Mashto can be found in such places of the desert, where life-giving moisture appears at least periodically. In Egypt, it grows in the lower reaches of the mountain wadis and on the Sinai Peninsula. There are many photos on the Internet
Cleome droserifoliagrowing in the Negev desert (Israel).
Cleome droserifolia - This is an evergreen undersized light-loving shrub that easily tolerates prolonged drought, with erect thin shoots. Young shoots are covered with dense pubescence and have glands on the surface.
On the stem, in the next order, small simple whole leaves of a round shape, ovoid or heart-shaped, are located on the petioles. The edge of the leaves is even. The leaves are covered with dense glandular pubescence, which, apparently, formed the basis of the name "Mashta". After all, the Arabic word "mashta" can be translated as a hairbrush, comb, haircut or prickly. On the surface of the leaves, there are glands that produce a sticky substance, which makes the whole plant very sticky.
Describing Cleome droserifolia growing in Israel, one girl wrote that the plant was sticky and smelly. I don't know if fresh Mashta smells bad, but dried grass gives off a pleasant aroma of dry hay. The fact that the plant is sticky is indicated by small grains of sand firmly attached to the surface of the leaves.
The four-petal flowers, 1-2 cm long, hardly stand out against the background of the leaves. The main yellow background of the petals is diluted with stripes and spots of lilac, purple or red.
The fruit of the Mashta is a dry yellow-gray pod-pod, inside which there are seeds that look like a small poppy. The sticky and hairy capsules cling to the fur of animals, which carry them across the desert, expanding the plant's habitat.
Collect the grass during the fruiting period. At least in our bag, in addition to pieces of stem and leaves (green and yellow), there are quite a lot of ruffy fragile capsules that break easily, exposing small seeds.
Meshta, she is Scandix pecten veneris, she is also Scandix comb or Crest of Venus
Although the homeland of the plant"
Scandix pecten veneris England is considered, it can be found practically throughout Europe, including the Crimea and the Caucasus. From Europe, the plant has long moved to Western and Central Asia, as well as the Maghreb countries (everything that is west of Egypt in Africa). It also grows in the northeast of Algeria, where it is called Meshta for the fruit that looks like a comb or comb. Such
Meshta and ended up on page 212 of a German book, misleading me when searching
Mashty
Being an annual herb, unpretentious and drought-resistant, Scandix comb manages to easily conquer a place in the sun, littering the fields of wheat, corn, sugar beets. Gone are the days when it was a widely sought-after vegetable from the Celery or Umbrella family.
Pinnate leaves
Scandix comb cannot be confused with simple whole leaves of Mashta. Flowers collected in white umbellate inflorescences are also different. What they have in common, perhaps, is the pubescence of the stems, petioles and fruits.
The plant got its name in honor of the fruits called fruits in English texts. The fruit consists of a thickened body up to 1.5 cm long and a 7-cm "beak" covered with comb-like bristles.
In addition to eating Scandix herb harvested during the flowering period, it is used for healing purposes, when a diuretic, laxative, antineoplastic and expectorant agent is required.
Summary
I didn't regret that at all. looking for information about"
Wave », I met another amazing plant, the name of which in Arabic differs in only one vowel sound.
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