Florist's Cyclamen / زعمطوط

زوزو / طوطو / قَرن الغزال / الغَليون / بخور مريم / سَكَوْكَِع فارِسي / عصا الراعي / تاج سليمان / غليون سيدي / رَكَف / صابون الراعي / كعب الغزال / مُنُّوم الحوت / صريمة الديك / ذنيبة الخاروف / زقوقيا / سكوكو / زقوقو / جرين الحمام / قرعة سيدي / غليون الواوي / غليون القاضي / خرفان / برج الحمام / خيزران / خروف ابو علي / قريعة / جوز حمام / ذان الضبع / عرق

Cyclamen persicum Mill.

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

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Rolled leaves
Blooming period
December to April
Foraging period
December to April
Seed collection period
June to July
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-emetic
  • Aphrodisiac
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Cyclamen L.
Family
Primulaceae
Wikidata item
Q150055
GBIF Item
Cyclamen persicum Mill. (3169317)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  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. Cyclamen persicum Mill. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  4. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, June 6). Cyclamen persicum. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:53, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyclamen_persicum&oldid=1091861023
  5. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  6. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  7. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  8. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Cyclamen persicum Mill. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/508 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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