Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Alhagi > Alhagi maurorumAlhagi maurorum (camelthorn; Persian Manna Plant; Verblyuzhia Kolyuchka Persidsk; Verblyuzhia Kolyuchka Obyknove; Verblyuzhia Kolyuchka Lozhnaya; Camel Thorn)Synonyms: Alhagi alhagi; Alhagi camelorum; Alhagi camelorum var. spinis-elongatis; Alhagi kirghisorum; Alhagi maurorum maurorum; Hedysarum alhagi (homotypic) Language: Armenian; Azerbaijani; Georgian; Hindi; Kalmyk; Kazakh; Kyrghyz; Russian; Tadzhik; Turkmenian; Uzbek Alhagi maurorum is a species of legume commonly known, variously, as camelthorn, camelthorn-bush, Caspian manna, and Persian mannaplant. This shrub is native to the region extending from the Mediterranean to Russia, but has been introduced to many other areas of the world, including Australia, southern Africa, and the western United States. The perennial plant grows from a massive rhizome system which may extend over six feet into the ground. New shoots can appear over 20 feet from the parent plant. Above the ground, the plant rarely reaches four feet in height. It is a heavily branched, gray-green thicket with long spines along the branches. It bears small, bright pink to maroon pea flowers and small legume pods, which are brown or reddish and constricted between the seeds. The seeds are |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Scent [1] | The flowers have a pineapple scent. | Structure [1] | Shrub | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Height [1] | 6.56 feet (2 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Alhagi maurorum |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CAMEL REVIEW, Arshad Iqbal & Bakht Baidar Khan, Pak. J. Agri. Sei. Vol. 38 (3-4), 2001, p. 58-63 ♦ 5CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIET OF IRANIAN BIRDS, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Mohammad E. Sehhatisabet, Екологія, Беркут 15, Вип. 1-2. 2006. pp. 145-150 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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