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Mesembryanthemum Cryptanthum

Taxonomy:

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Tracheophytes

Class:

Angiosperms

Class:

Eudicots

Order:

Caryophyllales

Family:

Aizoaceae

Genus:

Mesembryanthemeum

Species:

M.cryptanthum


Flora of Algeria
  Algerian wild Plants  Flora of Algeria  Perennial Plants  Flora of Algeria  Wild Plants  Flora Algeria  Algerian wild plants

Synonym:

Aizoon theurkauffii, Mesembryanthemum forsskalii,

Mesembryanthemum gaussenii, Mesembryanthemum theurkauffii

Opophyton forsskalii, Opophytum cryptanthum, Opophytum theurkauffii

 

How to identify it?

Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum is an annual plant belonging to the family Aizoaceae , evergreen, papillary greenish-reddish plant depending on the season and precipitation, also known as baby finger plant. Its leaves are cylindrical in shape, branched at the base. Leaves are green, red, orange, and have axillary flowers that are white or white with yellow. Can grow in climates Mediterranean and Algerian desert blooms in February and June after rains in the desert.

 

Type Of Plant

Life Cycle

Height

Flowering Time

Altitude

Herbaceous

Perennial/Annual

0.50 m

After the rains

900 m

 

Mediterranean

Edible

Color

Abundance

Toxicity

Yes

Unknown

White

Common

No

 

Other Common Name:

Arabic

Berber/Targui

English

French

Other Name

Swabaa ghoula

 

Babies’ toes

 

Blood finger

 

Related species:

§  M. acinaciforme

§  M. copticum

§  M. cordifolium

§  M. crassifolium= Disphyma crassifolium

§  M. crystallinum= Cryophytum crystallinum 

§  M. edule

§  M. Floribundum= Drosanthemum Floribundum

§  M. forskahlii

§  M. gaussenii

§  M. multiradiatum= Lampranthus multiradiatus

§  Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

§  M. theurkauffi Maire= Opophytum theurkauffiil

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