Anabasis articulata (Forssk.) Moq. is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Anabasis articulata (Forssk.) Moq.
Anabasis articulata is a salt-tolerant xerophyte from the Syrian Desert with traditional uses as soap and an anti-diabetic remedy.
Anabasis articulata (Forssk.) Moq. is a species of plant in the genus Anabasis. It is a salt-tolerant xerophyte found in the Syrian Desert. Bedouin communities often use the ashes of this plant as a soap substitute. The species is also recorded to have medicinal properties: in Algerian traditional medicine, practitioners prepare an anti-diabetic decoction from the plant's leaves.
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Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.
Ptilotus exaltatus Nees
Threlkeldia diffusa R.Br.
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Atriplex vesicaria Heward ex Benth.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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