Diplotaxis harra
(Forssk.) Boiss.
Hara
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves, Seeds, Spice
The leaves are cooked to prepare special sauces. The seeds are used as a spice. Flowers, leaves, and seeds are all edible.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in the Sahara and arid regions.
Africa, Algeria, Asia, Egypt - Sinai, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Pakistan, Sahara, Sicily, Sinai, Syria, Tunisia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An annual cabbage family herb. It grows 20-60 cm tall. The leaves are broadly oval. The flowers are yellow.
Names & Synonyms
Cheryat, Harra, Lharra
Diplotaxis harra var. brevisiliquosa O. E. SchulzDiplotaxis harra var. harraDiplotaxis harra subsp. harraDiplotaxis harra var. minor O. E. SchulzDiplotaxis harra subsp. numidica O. Bolòs & VigoDiplotaxis harra var. subglabra (DC.) O.E. SchulzDiplotaxis hispida var. subglabra DC.Diplotaxis nana Boiss. ex T. AndersonDiplotaxis pendula (Desf.) DC.Pendulina harra (Forssk.) Willk.Sinapidendron vogelii WebbSinapis harra Forssk.Sisymbrium aegyptium Juss. ex DC.Sisymbrium harra Steud.
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