Agri-horticulture: fodder Products: fuel and lighting
Description
A straggling bush to 60 cm high of rocky waste places and desert pasturage in North Africa and the Near East and southwards across the Sahara to the northern limit of the Region.The foliage is readily browsed by camels but less so by other stock. It is collected in winter, dried and the frass obtained by crushing between the hands serves as a tinder in the Hoggar (1).