Fagonia cretica
Species of flowering plant
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Zygophyllum creticum formerly known as Fagonia cretica is a species of plant in the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). It is native to dry regions of the Mediterranean Basin in North Africa (in Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt), Southern Europe (in the Balearic Islands, Portugal, Southeast Spain, Sicily, and Greece) and West Asia (in Saudi Arabia and the Sinai peninsula).[1]
| Fagonia cretica | |
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| Bright sunlight: Flower, stems, and leaves | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Fagonia |
| Species: | F. cretica |
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| Fagonia cretica | |
Zygophyllum creticum is a plant of rocky coastlines. It is a creeping plant with fleshy leaves and star-shaped flowers with 5-narrow, purple or violet to light violet petals.
Properties
The plant has a sweet, bitter, sharp and sour taste according to different stages of growth and parts. The plant has a large number of small fruits near the thorns.
