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  • COMMON NAME: chaste tree, chaste berry
  • ARABIC: هرم
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Zygophyllum qatarense Hadidi
  • SYNONYMS: Tetraena hamiensis var. qatarensis (Hadidi) Alzahrani & Albokhari, Tetraena qatarensis (Hadidi) Beier & Thulin, Zygophyllum hamiense var. qatarense (Hadidi) Jac.Thomas & Chaudhary,
  • FAMILY: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873673-1#synonyms https://arkbiodiv.com/2021/12/30/some-basic-botanical-facts-about-tetraena-qatarensis/#:~:text=Some%20botanical%20basic%20facts%20about%20the%20Tetraena%20qatarensis,Tulin.%20Found%20in%20Arabia%2C%20Persia%20and%20the%20ME. Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007.
Succulent shrublet, up to 50 cm high, grey-green, slightly tomentose. Branches ascending or spreading, often woody at the base, becoming reddish purple. Leaves 1-foliolate in young plants; leaflets teret, ovoid or even globose, sometimes clavate or obconical, pubescent, 4-7 mm long. Petiole cylindrical as long as leaflets. Stipules triangular, membranous. Flower solitary at each node. Sepals ovate, glandular. Petals 5, narrow spathulate, whitish or yellowish-green, about 5 mm long. Stamens 10. Capsule cylindrical or obconical, glabrous, 5-angled, truncate apex, 4-10 mm long. Similsr to Z. hamiense but smaller in plant size, fruit, leaflets ovoid or globose and sparsely tomentose, finally it grows in rocky habitats. Flowering from September to March.
Rocky, gravely and sandy places near coasts.
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