Tamarix nilotica
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Tamarix nilotica |
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Tamaricaceae |
Family |
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Tarfa |
Vernacular Name |
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Shrub |
Life Form |
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Erect or ascending shrub, up to 2m high, much branched. Young branches usually glabrous. Leaves alternate, sessile scale-like, glabrous, mostly with salt-secreting glands. Flowers in panicles, blooming in spring, racemes lateral on growing branches of previous or current year and clustered in terminal panicles. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual Seeds numerous, minute |
Description |
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Salt marshes, poorly drained soils, indicative of high water table |
Habitat |
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Browsed lightly by camels |
Grazing Importance |
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None |
Other Uses |
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References |
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