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Tamarix africana Poir. is a plant in the Tamaricaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Tamarix africana Poir. (Tamarix africana Poir.)
Plantae

Tamarix africana Poir.

Tamarix africana Poir.

African tamarisk (Tamarix africana Poir.) is a self-supporting Tamaricaceae tree with simple leaves that grows up to 6.3 m tall.

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Family
Genus
Tamarix
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Tamarix africana Poir.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Tamarix africana Poir., commonly called African tamarisk, is a tree species belonging to the plant family Tamaricaceae.

Growth Form and Foliage

This species has a self-supporting growth structure and produces simple leaves.

Size

Individual Tamarix africana plants can reach a height of 6.3 meters.

Photo: (c) Thijs Valkenburg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thijs Valkenburg · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Tamaricaceae Tamarix

More from Tamaricaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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