Kingdom Plantae Genus Bosea | Family Amaranthaceae Rank Species | |
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Similar Bosea, Centaurea akamantis, Ptilostemon chamaepeuce, Tulipa cypria, Ophrys kotschyi | ||
Bosea cypria Much branched, evergreen shrub, 1–2 m high, erect, suberect, or hanging on walls, cliffs or trees, with hairless angular shoots. Leaves, opposite, simple, entire-+ elliptical, 2-6 x (1-2-3) cm, hairless, petiolate, dark green, occasionally red green. Flowers in branched spikes, actionomorphic, hermaphrodite or unisexual 5-merous, very small, green brown. Fruit a globose red berry. Flowers from April to July.
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Habitat
Rocky limestone banks, cliffs, old walls or gulleys, from sea level to 600 m.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus. Akamas (Avakas, Kouphes etc.), Kritou Terra, Peyia, Lysos, Theletra, Mesoyi, Kato Paphos, Pakhyammos, Kourio, the Episkopi Forest, Potamos Liopetriou, Protaras, Dhiorios, Pentadaktylos, Rizokarpaso.
Cultivation
It has mostly been planted in hedges in several parts of the island as in Nicosia, Evrykhou, Katydata, Skouriotissa etc.