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Alhagi graecorum Boiss.

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Alhagi Adans.

Alhagi graecorum Boiss. [Preferred name]
    Alhagi mannifera Jaub. & Spach {Synonym}
    Alhagi maurorum sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Alhagi tournefortii Heldr. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Camelthorn [1862]; Manna Tree [1862]; Persian Manna Plant [1862]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Chad (N) [78]; Egypt (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]; Niger (U) [78]; Sudan (N) [8]
  Asia
Iran (N) [1862]; Iraq (N) [1862]
  Europe
Greece (N) [454, 754]
  Middle East
Bahrain (N) [1862]; Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Kuwait (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1862]; Sinai (N) [454]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone: desert. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 368, 529, 754, 1862, 1895] ; Illustration [29, 455, 529, 1862, 1895]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1862]; Forage [1862]; Medicine [1862]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

29.

  Andrews, F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

360.

  Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
    Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

368.

  Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
    Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

454.

  Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
    Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

455.

  Tackholm, V., 1956
    Students'Flora of Egypt. Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo.

529.

  Ozenda, P., 1977
    Flore du Sahara, Ed.2. Edns.CNRS,Paris.

754.

  Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1862.

  Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1895.

  Meikle, R.D., 1977
    Flora of Cyprus, Vol.1. The Bentham-Moxon Trust, R.B.G.Kew
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