Nitraria schoberi
a perennial woody member of the Nitraria genus in the family Zygophyllaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Genus
- Nitraria
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Woodiness
- woody
- Height
- 2 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
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Fruit - raw or cooked. Insipid[5]. A pleasant flavour[6][8][1][3]. Salty[2]. The fruit can be cooked for winter use[4].
- Plant part
- Fruit
Environment
- Range
- South-eastern Europe to Australia.
- Habitat
- Clayey and sandy, usually solonetzic soils in desert plains[9]. Saline soils in arid regions[7][2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerances
- drought
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- tolerant
- Salinity
- tolerant
Propagation
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Seed -
Cultivation
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Not known 193
References
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976-00-00 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
Stuart. Rev. G. A. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei. Southern Materials Centre
Hedrick. U. P. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications 1972-00-00 ISBN 0-486-20459-6
Uphof. J. C. Th. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim 1959-00-00
? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964-00-00
Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974-00-00 ISBN 0094579202
Komarov. V. L. Flora of the USSR. Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1968-00-00