Species:
Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz.
Common name:
Wild Service-tree
Alisier, Sorbier torminal
Arabic name:
غبيراء المغص
Habitat :
Rochers et forêts (woodland, rocks).
IUCN threat status:
LC
Chromosome Number:
variable: 2n = 34, 51 ou 68 chr.
Genome size:
variable entre 1.61pg et 2.24pg (2C)
Geneva Herbaria Catalogue
Herbarium WU, University of Vienna
Herbier du MNHN de Paris
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Herbarium
Botanic Description
Fr: Arbre haut de 3m à 10m. Ses feuilles sont de 5-10 x 5-10cm à lobes très aigus (les feuilles peuvent avoir entre 5 et 9 lobes). Les fleurs ont les pétales blancs, plus ou moins circulaires, et sont disposées en corymbe composé. Le fruit est ové entre 1,5cm et 2cm.
Eng: Tree 3m to 10m high. Its leaves are 5-10 x 5-10cm with very acute lobes (leaves can have between 5 and 9 lobes). The flowers have white, more or less circular petals, and are arranged in a compound corymb. The fruit is ovate between 1.5cm and 2cm.
Seeds
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Al-Shouf Biosphere Reserve
Ehmej - Dichar
Ehmej - Wadi Naznazi
Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve
Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve
Jaj Cedars Nature Reserve
Medicinal
Date: 15 June 2013
Location: Ehden
Photo: Hicham Elzein
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Date: 15 June 2013
Location: Ehden
Photo: Hicham Elzein
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Date: October 2005
Location: Horsh Ehden
Photo: Errol Vela
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Date: October 2005
Location: Horsh Ehden
Photo: Errol Vela
Image 4 of 9
Date: 6 Novembre 2018
Location: Akkar
Photo: Khaled Taleb
Image 5 of 9
Date: 12 Juin 2020
Location: Akkar
Photo: Akkar Trail
Image 6 of 9
Date: 6 Novembre 2019
Location: Akkar
Photo: Khaled Taleb
Image 7 of 9
Date: 6 Novembre 2019
Location: Akkar
Photo: Khaled Taleb
Image 8 of 9
Date: 6 Novembre 2019
Location: Akkar
Photo: Khaled Taleb
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Altitude
1600m
1400m
Distribution
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