Alhagi maurorum - Camel Thorn
Famille: Leguminosae, Genre: Alhagi
Arbuste à feuilles caduques (2m de haut).
Habitat
- Exposition
- Plein soleil
- Humidité
- Sol sec à moyen.
- Sol
- Sol léger à moyen. Nécessite un sol drainant.
- pH
- Sol acide ou calcaire
- Habitat originel
- Edges of ditches, waste and often saline places etc in Turkey[93]. Grows in dry barren places[146].
- Origine géographique
- W. Asia - Caucasus to the Himalayas.
Comestibilité
- A sweet-tasting manna is exuded from the twigs at flowering time [2, 22, 105, 177].
- It is exuded during hot weather according to one report [1].
- It contains about 47% melizitose, 26% sucrose, 12% invert sugar [114].
- Another manna is obtained from the pods - it is sweet and laxative [61].
- Racine - cuite .
- A famine food, it is only used in times of need [46, 61, 177].
Usages médicinaux
- The whole plant is diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and laxative [46, 114].
- An oil from the leaves is used in the treatment of rheumatism [238].
- The flowers are used in the treatment of piles [238].
Culture
- Requires a sunny position in a well-drained light or medium soil .
- Plants are not very hardy in Britain, they can be grown outdoors in the summer but require protection in the winter [1].
- The stems of the plant are covered in sharp spines [245].
- Like the closely related gorse (Ulex europaea) the flowers have a pineapple scent [245].
- (A slightly strange report because the gorse flowers have a strong coconut fragrance[K].) .
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- Ces plantes ont une relation symbiotique avec des bactéries du sol qui forment des nodules sur les racines et fixent l'azote atmosphérique .
- Une partie de cet azote est utilisé par la plante mais une partie est disponible aux autres plantes poussant à proximité [200].
Propagation
- Seed - pre-soak the seed for 12 hours in warm water and sow March/April in a warm greenhouse .
- When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a greenhouse for at least the first winter .
- Plant out into their permanent positions in the summer .
- Cuttings of young shoots in a frame [1].
Calendrier
- En fleur
- 7
Pollinisation
- Type de fleur
- Hermaphrodite (les fleurs ont des organes mâles et femelles)
- Auto-fertile
- Non
Divers
- Pollution
- Non
- Autres réferences
- [1, 93]
Réferences
[1] RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 1951.
Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaces in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [200]).
Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaces in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [200]).
[2] Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. 1972.
Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
[22] Alternative Foods.
Not very comprehensive, it seems more or less like a copy of earlier writings with little added.
Not very comprehensive, it seems more or less like a copy of earlier writings with little added.
[46] Dictionary of Economic Plants. 1959.
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
[61] A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. 1974.
Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.
Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.
[93] Flora of Turkey. 1965.
Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats.
Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats.
[105] Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. 1976.
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
[114] The Plant Wealth of Iraq.
It is surprising how many of these plants can be grown in Britain. A very readable book on the useful plants of Iraq.
It is surprising how many of these plants can be grown in Britain. A very readable book on the useful plants of Iraq.
[177] Plants for Human Consumption. 1984.
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
[200] The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. 1992.
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[238] Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. 1995.
A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.
A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.
[245] Scented Flora of the World. 1994.
An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations.
An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations.
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