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Wednesday 30 September 2015

Bosea cypria (Schinz & Autran) - Μποζέα η κυπρία Ζουλατζιά, ζουλάτζιν - Endemic to Cyprus


Endemic to Cyprus

Στον κόσμο υπάρχουν μόνο τρία είδη Bosea.  - There are only three species of Bosea.

Bosea cypria Much branched, evergreen shrub, 1-2 m high, erect, suberect, or hanging on walls, cliffs or trees, with hairless angular shoots. Leaves, opposite, simple, entire-+ elliptical, 2-6 x (1-2-3) cm, hairless, petiolate, dark green, occasionally red green. Flowers in branched spikes, actionomorphic, hermaphrodite or unisexual 5-merous, very small, green brown. Fruit a globose red berry. Flowers from April to July.
Rocky limestone banks, cliffs, old walls or gulleys, from sea level to 600 m.
Endemic to CyprusAkamas (Avakas, Kouphes etc.), Kritou TerraPeyiaLysosTheletraMesoyiKato PaphosPakhyammos, Kourio, the Episkopi Forest, Potamos, Liopetriou, Protraras, Dhiorious, Pendataktylos, Phizokarpaso.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos Agia irini Kerinias 11/10/2014 by George Konstantinou








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