Zygophyllaceae FAMILY

Zygophyllum xanthoxylum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Zygophyllum xanthoxylum is a perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody, especially near the base; it can grow up to 150cm tall, the crooked stems rooting freely where they touch the soil[ 1643 Title Plants collected by R.C. Ching in Southern Mongolia and Kansu Province, China Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 28 Part 4 pp 563-694, 1943 Author Walker E.H. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington. Year 1943 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of fuel.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and eastern Asia - Qinghai, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, northern and central China

HabitatSand dunes in the desert[ 1643 Title Plants collected by R.C. Ching in Southern Mongolia and Kansu Province, China Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 28 Part 4 pp 563-694, 1943 Author Walker E.H. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington. Year 1943 ISBN Description ]. On mountain slopes, very dry gypsiferous soils and conglomerates[ 2031 Title Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai Publication Author Batsatsashvili K., Kikvidze Z. & Bussmann R.W. (Eds) Website https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28947-8 Publisher Springer Nature; Switzerland Year 2020 ISBN 978-3-030-28946-1 Description ]