Atriplex halimus
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Atriplex halimus
| Order | [[]] |
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| Family | [[]] |
| Genus | Atriplex |
2n =
Origin : area of origin
wild or cultivated
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Atriplex halimus Linn. Chenopodiaceae. SEA ORACH. A plant of the seashores of Europe and the Mediterranean countries and salines as far as Siberia. Sea orach is one of the few indigenous plants of Egypt that affords sustenance to man. It is mentioned by Antipharucs [1] [2] as esculent; by Dioscorides as cooked and eaten; by Toumefort as eaten in Greece. The men of the Euphrates expedition often used this species as a culinary vegetable.