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Limoniastrum monopetalum

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Name

Identification
Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Statice monopetala L. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Limoniastrum monopetalum
  • Limonium siculum
  • Statice monopetala
  • Limonium articulatum
Common name
  • (Mali) zeïta (HM) zita (HM) (MALI, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

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Entry for Limoniastrum monopetalum (Linn.) Boiss. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Limoniastrum monopetalum (Linn.) Boiss. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Common names
MALI: ARABIC (Mali) zeïta (HM) zita (HM)
Uses
(camels, stock) Agri-horticulture: fodder (gypsum, salt) Agri-horticulture: indicators (soil, water) Products: fuel and lighting
Description
A small shrub, much branched, branch ends terete, conspicuously grey, to 1 m high; common in the desert zone, often on unstable sand; of the north and south coasts of the Mediterranean, and penetrating the Sahara along the northernmost limits of the W Afr
References
References:1. Keith, 1970: 2: 610. 2. Maire, H, 1933: 166.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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