• Protologue : Fl. Atlant. 2: 354 (1799)
  • Status
  • NAaccepted (present)
  • Map
  • 1000 km
    1000 mi
    Leaflet © CJBG
  • Ecology and Distribution :
  • Tropical Africa
    Biology :
    Deciduous tree 3-10(-20) m; leaves 5-11-foliolate; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2-6x0,5-2 cm; male panicles compact; female ones loose, 8-12 cm long; drupe obovoid-globular, yellowish brown, glabrous.
    Ecology :
    (Desert) wadis; mountain plains. N Africa, Sinai; E Mediterranean Region; Caucasus; Crimea; Arabia, Iran, Pakistan.
  • Bibliography23
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    Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl. : 94 (1896). 
    Piantae Tripol. : 163 (1914).
    Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: C.667, 179 (1929) 
    Prodr. Fl. Ciren. : 313 (1931). 
    Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 472 (1932). 
    Étud. Fl. Vég. Sahara Cental (1933) 
    Fl. Mamora [Métro & Sauvage] : 331 (1955).
    Petite Fl. Régions Arides Maroc Occ. 2: 55 (1962).
    Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 612 (1963). 
    Fl. Eur. 2: 237 (1968).
    Fl. Libya 52: 5 (1978).
    Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 487 (1979).
    Fl. Sahara (ed. 2) : 338 (1983).
    Med-Checklist 1: 48 (1984).
    Boissiera 55: 163 (1998). 
    Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 76 (2000).
    Cat. Pl. Vasc. N. Maroc 1: 433 (2002). 
    Le Hoggar, promenade botanique 66 (2004)
    Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 28 (2005)
    Fl. Prat. Maroc 2: 250 (2007).
    Fl. Tunisie (Le Floc'h & Boulos) : 59 (2008). 
    Pl. Ecol. Evol. 154(3): 411 (2021)