Nitraria schoberi

Last updated

Nitraria schoberi
RO BZ Berca Mud Volcanoes nitraria schoberi fruit.JPG
Unripe fruit at the Berca Mud Volcanoes, Romania
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Nitrariaceae
Genus: Nitraria
Species:
N. schoberi
Binomial name
Nitraria schoberi
L.
Synonyms [1]
  • Nitraria caspicaWilld. ex Pall.
  • Nitraria oliveriJaub. & Spach
  • Osyris schoberiPall. ex A.DC.
  • Zygophyllum australasicumMiq.
  • Zygophyllum nitrariaL.

Nitraria schoberi, the nitrebush (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Nitrariaceae. [2] It has an Irano-Turanian distribution. [1] Its fruit, edible and salty-sweet, are collected by local peoples and eaten fresh or preserved. [3] Archeological evidence shows that people have been eating the fruit since Epipalaeolithic times. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nitraria schoberi L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Nitraria schoberi (NITSC)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Temirbayeva, Kamshat; Zhang, Ming-Li (2015). "Molecular phylogenetic and biogeographical analysis of Nitraria based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 301 (7): 1897–1906. Bibcode:2015PSyEv.301.1897T. doi:10.1007/s00606-015-1202-5. S2CID   14933036.
  4. ↑ Bode, Leslie J. K.; Livarda, Alexandra; Jones, Matthew D. (2022). "Plant gathering and people-environment interactions at Epipalaeolithic Kharaneh IV, Jordan" . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 31 (1): 85–96. Bibcode:2022VegHA..31...85B. doi:10.1007/s00334-021-00839-w. S2CID   233478941.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.