Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Bassia

Characteristics

Annual herb, up to 0.25 m high. Stems branched. Leaves alternate; blade narrowly ovate. Flowers: sessile in axils of leaf-like bracts; inflorescences spike-like; perianth winged, wings membranous, green; Sep.-Nov. Seeds black.
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A herb. It grows 25 cm tall. The leaves are alternate. They are narrowly oval. The flowering shoots are like spikes and the flowers are without stalks and in the axils of leaf like bracts.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in dry grassland.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses animal food forage fuel medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cardiotonic (unspecified), Angina pectoris, variant (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Heart diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Productivity -

Images

Bassia indica unspecified picture

Distribution

Bassia indica world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, India, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164378-1
WFO ID wfo-0000561151
COL ID KVC5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kochia indica Bassia joppensis Bassia indica Kochia scoparia subsp. indica