Noaea mucronata
(Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.
AmaranthaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves ?
The leaves are potentially edible.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in the desert.
Africa, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Turkey, Türkiye, Uzbekistan,
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, Uzbekistan, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An herb in the Amaranthaceae family adapted to Mediterranean climates and desert environments.
Notes
Also put in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Anabasis echinus M. Bieb.Anabasis spinosissima L.f.Halogeton spinosissimus (L.f.) C. A. Mey.Noaea spinosissima (L.f.) Moq.Salsola camphorosmoides Desf.Salsola echinus Labill.Salsola mucronata Forssk.Salsola spinifex Pall.
References (1)
- 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
