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Calotropis gigantea is a poisonous shrub of southern Asia. It has white sap, large round leaves , starry white flowers and balloon-like fruits.
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Ceropegia sandersonii is a tropical African climber. Its unsulusal flowers attract flies and temporarily lock them in.
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Leptadenia pyrotechnica is a leafless desert perennial or a small shrub. It is reaching its northern range in Israel. Locally it is very rare. Some plants are grwon in Ein Gedi area, where this pic was taken. In this pic u can see a flower and a young fruit.
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Pachypodium succulentum is an African caudex plant. Caudex means that it has a bottle-like or thick base trunk.
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This is a wild Vinca sepcies that grows in SW Asia. In israel it is rather rare. Unlike the commoner, crawling, European Vince major and V. minor, this species has rather short arched stems.
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A poisonous shrub with white sap. Leaves thick rounded, opposite. Flowers starrry, violet. Fruits inflated, looks like short fat bananas, but are acturally hollow. Seeds tufted, wind dispersed.
Common in topical S Asia.
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Ceropegia sandersonii is a tropical African climber. Its unsulusal flowers attract flies and temporarily lock them in.
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This poisonous shrublet is very common in the deserts of India, westwards to north Africa.
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Pentatropis nivalis is a rare desert climber, here u can see its fruit.
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Morning dew on this lovely flower.
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This shrub's common name is Apple of Sodom. The huge fruits are hollow, full of seeds and hairs. The whole plant has milky sap that is poisonous, and also a nice wrinkly bark. It is a subtropical plants that reaches its north border in Israel. Near the Dead Sea (where this pic was taken) it is common.
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Ceropegia sandersonii is a tropical African climber. Its unsulusal flowers attract flies and temporarily lock them in.
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This is the fruit of Pentatropis nivalis, the tufted seeds are wind-dispersed.
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This is the cissor-like fruit of Vincetoxicum dionysiense. A rare plant that grows in rock crevices in Mt Hermon.
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Calotropis procera (apple of Sodom) is extremely common and dominant in Rhajastan, this is due to overgrazing and its toxicity.
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This climber grows in the wet habitats in lowlands in Israel.
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This South african succulent blooms once a year. Each flower is really impressive, attracting flies with its unpleasant scents.
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This is a common desert perennial, it has toxic white sap and coiling stems.
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A perennial plant, found in cliffs and rock crevices. Flowers green and not showy.
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Caralluma europaea var. judaica is found in the arid part of the Mediterranean region in Israel, penetrating also the semidesert. It occurs always is rock crevices. Eli Becker form the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens directed us to this site, at the Valley of the Cross in the middle of Jerusalem. It occurs there naturally among the rocks,, just beyond the church fence.
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Cynanchum acutum is a poisonous, common climber in the Middle East.
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This is a common desert perennial. Stems climb on other plants and also coil on themselves. This common perennial grows in the extreme desert and since grazing pressure by mammals and insects is so high, it is protected by its extremy toxic white sap.
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Caralluma europaea var. judaica is found in the arid part of the Mediterranean region in Israel, penetrating also the semidesert. It occurs always is rock crevices. Eli Becker form the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens directed us to this site, at the Valley of the Cross in the middle of Jerusalem. It occurs there naturally among the rocks, just beyond the church fence. A few days ago I posted a close up of the flower.