Daphne libanotica

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves : Persistent, subcoriaceous, subsessile, obovate-lanceolate, 5–9 × 1–2 cm, cuneate at base; both surfaces very glabrous, upper surface green, lower surface distinctly paler.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers : Floral peduncles axillary, simple, puberulent, 1–3 cm long, bearing at the base short ovate-orbicular bracts 2–4 mm long; flowers 5–10 at the apex of the peduncle, shortly pedicellate, pale yellowish-white, puberulent on both surfaces; perianth tube cylindrical; lobes linear, acute, 2–4 mm, about half as long as the tube.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit : Berry ovate, 6–8 mm, black at maturity.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology : Flowers in June–July according to Mouterde; recent Lebanese populations have been observed flowering later, around August. Fruit in October–November.

الانتشار الموثق

Endemic to Lebanon

Lebanese distribution : Originally recorded between Dlepta and Mohrab, and between Aramoun and Chahtoul; rediscovered in Wadi Nahr el-Assi in 2014, Wadi Jhannam in 2020, and Kfertay, Keserwan, in 2023.

Native range : Lebanon.

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit : Bushy evergreen subshrub, 30–60 cm tall; upper branches leafy, reddish-brown and very glabrous.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي كما ورد

Daphne libanotica

الفصيلة

مثنانية

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متنان

Thymelaea hirsuta

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دفنة زيتونية

Daphne oleoides