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Arum palaestinum
Arum palaestinum is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Arum and the family Araceae. It is also known as black calla, Solomon's lily, priest's hood, noo'ah loof and kardi.
Native to the Mediterranean Basin, it is employed in the Middle East for culinary and medicinal purposes.
A perennial plant, A. palaestinum grows up to 10–25 cm (4–10 in) high. The leaves are light green, narrow, and upright with a purplish-black color. The root is tuberous. It blooms between the months of March and April, by which time the plant is easily recognized by its dark purplish-black spadix enclosed by a reddish-brown spathe.
By relative inflorescence height, Arum species are divided into "cryptic" species, whose inflorescences are borne on a short peduncle amid or below the leaves, and "flag" species, whose inflorescences are above leaf level at the end of long peduncles. A. palaestinum is a cryptic species. Like other members of the genus Arum, this plant gives off a scent that attracts flies, which distribute the pollen; while most other family members smell like dung and carrion, this plant can smell like rotting fruit as well.
The first botanical depiction of the species was drawn by Walter Hood Fitch and published in the 1865 volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
The specific epithet is derived from Palestine, and it is native to the Levant and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin, and has been naturalized in North America, North Africa, Europe, Western Asia, and Australia.
Arum palaestinum is native to the Levant and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin. It has been naturalized in Europe, Western Asia, North Africa, North America, and Australia.
Early collections were made by Kotschy in 1855 (Jerusalem), Haussknecht in 1867 (Onsuar Gudrun), Barbey in 1880 (Nablus), Johannet in 1889 (Bethany), and Bornmüller in 1897 (Jaffa).
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Arum palaestinum
Arum palaestinum is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Arum and the family Araceae. It is also known as black calla, Solomon's lily, priest's hood, noo'ah loof and kardi.
Native to the Mediterranean Basin, it is employed in the Middle East for culinary and medicinal purposes.
A perennial plant, A. palaestinum grows up to 10–25 cm (4–10 in) high. The leaves are light green, narrow, and upright with a purplish-black color. The root is tuberous. It blooms between the months of March and April, by which time the plant is easily recognized by its dark purplish-black spadix enclosed by a reddish-brown spathe.
By relative inflorescence height, Arum species are divided into "cryptic" species, whose inflorescences are borne on a short peduncle amid or below the leaves, and "flag" species, whose inflorescences are above leaf level at the end of long peduncles. A. palaestinum is a cryptic species. Like other members of the genus Arum, this plant gives off a scent that attracts flies, which distribute the pollen; while most other family members smell like dung and carrion, this plant can smell like rotting fruit as well.
The first botanical depiction of the species was drawn by Walter Hood Fitch and published in the 1865 volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
The specific epithet is derived from Palestine, and it is native to the Levant and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin, and has been naturalized in North America, North Africa, Europe, Western Asia, and Australia.
Arum palaestinum is native to the Levant and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin. It has been naturalized in Europe, Western Asia, North Africa, North America, and Australia.
Early collections were made by Kotschy in 1855 (Jerusalem), Haussknecht in 1867 (Onsuar Gudrun), Barbey in 1880 (Nablus), Johannet in 1889 (Bethany), and Bornmüller in 1897 (Jaffa).
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