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Salsola baryosma

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Name

Identification
Salsola baryosma ( Schult. ex Roem.&Schult.) Dandy [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Salsola imbricata Forssk. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Salsola baryosma
  • Salsola inermis
  • Salsola imbricata
  • Chenopodium baryosmum
  • Salsola foetida
Common name
  • zri-che (Hinchingbrooke) (NIGER, TUBU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ecchi (A. Chev.) (NIGER, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ressal (RM) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • aghacel (AN) gil applied to larger plants (AN) tasra (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for SALSOLA imbricata Forssk. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SALSOLA imbricata Forssk. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1775);
Caroxylon imbricata (Forssk.) Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1849). [type as above]
SALSOLA foetida Del. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1813).
Chenopodium baryosmum Roem. & Schult. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1820);
Salsola baryosma (Roem. & Schult.) Dandy [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1950). [type as above]
Information
Superficially similar to S. spinescens. Sprawling shrub to 1 m high, 3 m across, smelling strongly and unpleasantly of fish when bruised; branching irregular, not divaricate nor spine-tipped, stems very pale brown. Leafy shoots green; very young leaves with sparse suberect simple hairs. Fruiting perianth-segments glabrous, dorsal wings up to 2 x 3.5 mm.
Range
N3
Altitude range
c. 30 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 593; Gillett 23053; Hemming 1582.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Sudan
Arabia
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
Syria

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