Alhagi graecorum Boiss.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Alhagi Adans.
Tribe: Galegeae
References: [454][620][754]

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Other names:

• Alhagi mannifera Jaub. & Spach [Synonym] [454]
  
• Alhagi maurorum sensu auct. [Misapplied] [454]
  
• Alhagi tournefortii Heldr. [Synonym] [454]
  

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Common Names:

• Camelthorn [1862]
  
• Manna Tree [1862]
  
• Persian Manna Plant [1862]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1995(Europe)Adams BR
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Food and Drink [1862]
  
• Forage [1862]
  
• Medicine [1862]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [454] [1862]
  • Algeria [454]
  • Chad [78]
  • Egypt [454]
  • Libya [454]
  • Niger [78]
  • Sudan [8]

• Asia [1862]
  • Iran [1862]
  • Iraq [1862]
  • USSR [1862]

• Europe [454] [754]
  • Greece [454] [754]

• Middle East [454] [1862]
  • Bahrain [1862]
  • Cyprus [454]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Israel [1862]
  • Jordan [1862]
  • Kuwait [1862]
  • Lebanon [1862]
  • Saudi Arabia [1862]
  • Sinai [454]
  • Syria [1862]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

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Notes:

• See ref.1895 for full discussion & key to the species A.graecorum & A.maurorum [1895]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:17:19