Digera muricata (L.) Mart. is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Digera muricata (L.) Mart.

Digera muricata (L.) Mart.

Digera muricata is the only annual flowering species in genus Digera, native to parts of Africa and Asia.

Family
Genus
Digera
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Digera muricata (L.) Mart.

Digera muricata (L.) Mart. is a flowering plant species in the family Amaranthaceae. It is the only species that makes up the entire genus Digera. This is an annual plant, and it is native to select regions of Africa and Asia. In eastern Africa, its native range extends from Egypt to Tanzania; it also grows natively in Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, southeastern China, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Amaranthaceae Digera

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