Name: Ja’ad
Scientific name: Teucrium polium
Type: Herb
Color: Green,White
Habitat: Sandy Areas
Size: 20 - 40
Conservation status:
Native
Description:
Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Stony runnels and silty soils; C and N Qatar. Occasional at Ras Laffan (John Norton) and mentioned for Jebel Fuwairit by earlier authors. Uses: Many reputed medicinal uses, e.g. for fevers and cholera (El Amin), malaria and insect bites (Jongbloed et al., Mandaville). Other medicinal uses are listed by Rizk & El-Ghazaly.
