Taxon: Alhagi maurorum Medik.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AZ(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, CA*, CA(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)°, CO(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*°, HI°, ID°, ID(as Alhagi camelorum)°, NM(as Alhagi camelorum)°, NM(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, NV(as Alhagi camelorum)°, NV(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, OR(as Alhagi camelorum)°, OR(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, TX(as Alhagi camelorum)*, WA*, WA(as Alhagi camelorum)°, WY°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• camelthorn   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• camelthorn bush   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• Caspian manna   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• Persian mannaplant   (Source: Kuwait Pl ) – English
  
• kameeldoringbos   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• jawansa   (Source: Names Watson ) – India
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: sugar   (source of manna fide Dict Econ Pl, also as A. camelorum; Leg WAsia)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Leg WAsia; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

      Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China [n.w.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States [s.w.]

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
• Awmack, C. S. & J. M. Lock. 2002. The genus Alhagi (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) in the Middle East. Kew Bull. 57:440–441.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [in part = A. mannifera Desv.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [excluding synonymy].
• Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild) [= A. camelorum].
• Gruenberg-Fertif & Zoh. 1970. Israel J. Bot. 19:294.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963–. Plantae asiae centralis. (F CAsia)
• Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). (Leg US)
• Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. (F SAust)
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. (Leg WAsia)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,. economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). (Kuwait Pl)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [in part = A. pseudalhagi (M. Bieb.) Desv.].
• Rollins, R. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89:297.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq) [a nom. ambig. = A. camelorum Fisch.].
• Watson, J. F. 1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products. (Names Watson)
• Yakovlev, G. P. 1979. Remarks on the taxonomy of the genus Alhagi Fabaceae (in Russian). Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 64:1798.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Alhagi maurorum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Alhagi maurorum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Alhagi camelorum Fisch.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Alhagi pseudalhagi (M. Bieb.) Desv. ex B. Keller & Shap.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Hedysarum alhagi L.
  
• (=) Hedysarum pseudalhagi M. Bieb.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Alhagi maurorum Medik.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2198 (09 February 2010)

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