Solomon's lily / لوف / / اذن الفيل

ليف / اللوف الفلسطيني / مكحلة الغولة / مكحلة العجائز / المِرود / ميل العبد / طرف العبد / حنون العبد / زند العبد / ذان الفيل / لوف فلسطيني

Arum palaestinum Boiss.

Leaves, Febreury. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Cooked with eggs
  • Rolled leaves
  • Soups
Blooming period
March to April
Foraging period
January to April
Seed collection period
June to July
Potential medicinal uses
  • Antacid
  • Anthelmintic
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antimicrobial
  • Diuretic
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • No perianth
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Geophyte
Foliage
Deciduous

Scientifc data

Genus
Arum
Family
Araceae
Wikidata item
Q2866021
GBIF Item
Arum palaestinum Boiss. (5330523)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Arum palaestinum Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  2. Imseeh Tesdell, O., Othman, A., Othman, Y., Dowani, Y., Shqeirat, R., Bamieh, Y., Tesdell, E., Khouri, S.(2018).Palestinian Wild food plants.Ramallah(English and Arabic)
  3. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  6. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  7. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  8. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.

Citation

Arum palaestinum Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/469 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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