Deverra tortuosa
(Desf.) DC.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Stem - young, Leaves - tea, Flavouring
Young stems are eaten; leaves are used to make tea; the plant also serves as a flavoring.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in deserts. It can tolerate salt.
Africa, Egypt, Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Albania, Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows 30-80 cm tall. The stems divided. The leaves are 3-8 cm long and divided into lobes.
Names & Synonyms
Athamanta tortuosa (Desf.) Spreng.Bubon tortuosum Desf.Crithmum pyrenaicum Forssk. ex DelileDeverra tortuosa subsp. arabica Chrtek, Osbornová & KourkováDeverra tortuosa var. rigidior DC.Deverra tortuosa var. virgata DC.Pituranthos tortuosus (Desf.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Asch. & Schweinf.
References (6)
- Bailey, C. and Danin, A., 1981, Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev. Economic Botany 35(2): 145-162 (As Pituranthos tortuosus)
- Bidak, L. M., et al, 2015, Goods and services provided by native plants in desert ecosystems: Examples from the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt. Global Ecology and Conservation 3 (2015) 433–447
- El-Lamey, T. M., 2015, Contribution of solutes to the osmotic adjustment of Deverra tortuosa (Desf.) DC. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 380-395
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 241
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
