WorldFloraDB - Tamarix gallica

Characteristics

A small slender tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 3-10 m high. It branches densely from the base. The branches are long and thin. The bark is smooth and ashy grey. The bark and branches have lenticels. The leaves are very small and almost like scales. They are 3-5 mm wide. They are sword shaped and overlapping. They are bluish-green. The flowers are small and pink. They grow as many together in spike like racemes 2-4 cm long. They are mostly at the end of young branches. The fruit is a 3 sided capsule.

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Shrubs or trees, to 5 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm. Inflorescences 2–5 cm × 4–5 mm; bract exceeding pedicel, not reaching calyx tip. Flowers 5-merous; sepals 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire or subentire; petals elliptic to ovate, 1.5–2 mm; antisepalous stamens 5, filaments confluent with nectar disc lobes, all originating from edge of disc. 2n = 24.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

4.0 - 8.0

Mature height (meter)

4.0 - 5.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is native to Sicily and Canary Is. It grows in temperate regions. It grows in coastal regions. It will grow on sandy soil. It can grow in salty soil. It suits hardiness zones 5-10. It can grow in arid places.

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Damp ground near the coast.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

When the stem is cut, a honey-like substance is produced and is eaten by desert Bedouins. It is mixed with flour, sugar or honey and sweet almonds and made into cakes.

Uses	dye environmental use fiber food fuel material medicinal wood
Edible	saps stems
Therapeutic use	Astringents (gall), Diarrhea (gall), Dysentery (gall), Disorder of ejaculation (gall), Hemostatics (gall), Leukorrhea (gall), Periodontal diseases (gall), Premature ejaculation (gall), Stomatitis (gall), Toothache (gall), Nocturnal emission of semen (gall), Expectorants (stem), Laxatives (stem), Astringent (unspecified), Liqueur (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tumor(Lymphatic) (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants are grown from cuttings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 50
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 21
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-