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Tetraena qatarensis
Zygophyllum qatarense, synonym Tetraena qatarensis, is a salt-tolerant dwarf shrub that grows in the Arabian Peninsula. It has small compact leaves that store water. The leaflets grow in pairs and the flowers have four or five petals.
Zygophyllum qatarense is native to the Arabian Peninsula and occurs around the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It typically grows in coarse, stony or sandy soils at the edge of saltflats, around salt marshes, and in the sand that accumulates on the base of depressions. It also grows in non-salty locations, on calcareous soils and around the fringes of dune areas, and often dominates plant communities in these locations. On well-drained sandy soil on coastal plains, Z. qatarense may cover 75% of the ground surface, and this plant community is probably the most commonly encountered around the western side of the Persian Gulf.
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