Zygophyllum fabago
Beans like Jochblatt ( Zygophyllum fabago )
The beans Similar Jochblatt ( Zygophyllum fabago ) is a species of the genus Jochblatt ( Zygophyllum ).
Description
The beans Similar Jochblatt is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches the stature heights between 50 and 100 centimeters. The stem is bare and branched. The striated basal shoots are highly branched, but ascending above. The leaves sit in pairs at 12 to 15 mm long, flattened stems. The stipules are oval - elliptical, 5-10 mm wide. The actual leaves are ovate - oval and 15-26 mm long and 10-18 mm wide.
The beans like Jochblatt is dioecious getrenntgeschlechtig dioecious, meaning there are male and female individuals, and you also need male and female plants in cultivation if you want to harvest seeds. The species flowers from May to September, with yellow, stalked, apart superior blossoms. The five sepals are ovate to ovate - elliptical, 6-7 mm long and 3.5 to 4.5 mm wide. They are dull and häutchenartig at the edge. The five petals are ovate and of the same size as the sepals; their tips are blunt or with a small notch on the basis they have begun orange. The approximately 5 mm long, lance-shaped stamens sit at 10 to 12 mm long filaments. You are papillose and orange-red color. The five carpels are oval, about 4 mm long. The stylus is as long as the scar. The type is oval - cylindrical, 20-35 mm long and 4-6 mm wide, hairless capsule fruits. The shiny seeds are oblong in shape, covered approximately 3 mm long and with tubercles. They have sown from August to October.
Dissemination
The range extends from North Africa to Arabia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Romania, Turkey to Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Sardinia, France and Spain, there are neophytes. In many areas in the United States is the beans like Jochblatt an invasive plant.
This species needs a light to medium, dry ground. You can not grow in shady places and is also not very cold- tolerant.
Culture
The flower buds of similar Jochblattes beans can be used as a substitute for capers and find application as a spice.
Swell
- Description in the Flora of Pakistan ( in English)