Nitrariaceae FAMILY

Nitraria schoberi

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nitraria schoberi is a much-branched shrub with creeping branches; it can grow up to 250cm tall[ 287 Title Flora of Pakistan Publication Author Website http://www.efloras.org Publisher Year ISBN Description As of 2006, there is not much information on habitats available, but it is being developed and promises to be an excellent resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and fuel.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-eastern Europe (Romania) to West Siberia, Kazakhstan and Pakistan

HabitatClayey and sandy, usually solonetzic soils in desert plains[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Saline soils in arid regions[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. , 144 Title Wild Food in Australia. Publication Author Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Publisher Fontana Year 1976 ISBN 0-00-634436-4 Description A very good pocket guide. ]. On sand dunes and along fairly moist, clay roadsides[ 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 ]..