Nitraria schoberi

Nitraria schoberi
Unripe fruit at the Berca Mud Volcanoes, Romania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Nitrariaceae
Genus: Nitraria
Species:
N. schoberi
Binomial name
Nitraria schoberi
Synonyms[1]
  • Nitraria caspica Willd. ex Pall.
  • Nitraria oliveri Jaub. & Spach
  • Osyris schoberi Pall. ex A.DC.
  • Zygophyllum australasicum Miq.
  • Zygophyllum nitraria L.

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. ^ a b "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.


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