Flora of Israel | Tetragonolobus palaestinus

Tetragonolobus palaestinus, Lotus palaestinus, Four-winged pea,
Hebrew: ארבע-כנפות מצויות, Arabic: سيسعة، جلثون، سيبعة


Scientific name:		Tetragonolobus palaestinus Boiss.& Blanche
Synonym name:		Lotus palaestinus (Boiss. & Blanche) Blatter
Common name:		Four-winged pea
Hebrew name:		ארבע-כנפות מצויות
Arabic name:		سيسعة، جلثون، سيبعة
Plant Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים


Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, trifoliate
Flowers:		Red
Flowering Period:		March, April, May, June
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Tetragonolobus, tetragonum, τετραγονον, a quadrangle, tetragon; with 4-angled pods.

palaestinus, from Palestine.
Lotus, the classical Greek name.
The Hebrew name: ארבע-כנפות, arba’a-kanafot, arba’a =four, kanafot =wings (=four-wings), translated from the scientific name.

The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
The standard author abbreviation Blanche. is used to indicate Charles Isidore Blanche (1823 – 1887), a Frenchman, who collected plants in Syria.
The standard author abbreviation Blatter is used to indicate Ethelbert Blatter SJ (1877 – 1934), a Swiss Jesuit priest and pioneering botanist in British India.

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}

_{Location: Sea of Galilee, Mount Beatitudes}