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Tetraena alba

Tetraena alba

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

Mainly found in the warm temperate and subtropical zones, the plant enters the tropics at elevations up to 900 metres in the dry northeast of Africa[1]. Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil[2]. Established plants are very drought resistant[2]. Plants are tolerant of salty soils[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Tetraena+alba>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flora of Somalia — Thulin M. (Editor) · Kew Publishing, London. · 1993 ↩︎Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses.
  2. [2]Flora of Israel — http://www.botanic.co.il/A/holiday/IMGMAP/PlantsNames.HTML ↩︎A good online flora with habitats and photos.
  3. [3]Antiviral activity of some Tunisian medicinal plants against Herpes simplex virus type 1 — Sassi, A. Ben, Harzallah-Skhiri, F., Bourgougnon, N. and Aou · 2008 · http:// http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786410701589790 ↩︎
  4. [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.