Cornulaca monacantha Delile

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Cornulaca

Characteristics

A straggling woody shrub. It grows 60 cm tall. It has a long taproot. The leaves are bluish-green and scale like and clasp the wiry stems. They have a spine at the tip. The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are orange-brown. They are spiny. The seeds are in an erect flat seed pod.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

It grows in tropical and subtropical places. It grows in dry areas. It grows in areas with a rainfall less than 150 mm per year. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food fuel gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
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Images

Cornulaca monacantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Cornulaca monacantha world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Algeria, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165480-1
WFO ID wfo-0000621591
COL ID YGDQ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cornulaca arabica Cornulaca monacantha Cornulaca monacantha var. diacantha