Bassia indica
(Wight) A. J. Scott
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Description
A herb. It grows 25 cm tall. The leaves are alternate. They are narrowly oval. The flowering shoots are like spikes and the flowers are without stalks and in the axils of leaf like bracts.
Edible Uses
The leaves are potentially edible.
Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in dry grassland.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, Egypt, India, South Africa,
Synonyms
Bassia joppensis Bornm. & Dinsm.Kochia indica WightKochia scoparia subsp. indica (Wight) Aellen
References (1)
- Bidak, L. M., et al, 2015, Goods and services provided by native plants in desert ecosystems: Examples from the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt. Global Ecology and Conservation 3 (2015) 433–447
