Halothamnus bottae

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Halothamnus bottae
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Halothamnus bottae

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Foxtail family (Amaranthaceae)
Subfamily : Salsoloideae
Tribe : Salsoleae
Genre : Halothamnus
Type : Halothamnus bottae
Scientific name
Halothamnus bottae
Jaub. & Spach

Halothamnus bottae is a species of the genus Halothamnus fromthe foxtail family ( Amaranthaceae ).

features

Halothamnus bottae is a 30–50 cm high shrub with thorny, pointed blue-green branches. The obliquely protruding leaves are triangular and only 0.7–3 mm (rarely up to 8 mm) long. The flowers are 2.6-3.6 mm in size. The winged fruit reaches 6–9 mm in diameter. On the underside, the central attachment point (umbilicus) and 5 radial nerves clearly protrude between the rounded, egg-shaped pits.

The subspecies Halothamnus bottae ssp. niger plant during drying are black, the fruit wings are dark.

  • Fruit (side view)

  • Fruits (underside) of ssp. niger (left) and ssp. bottae (right)

Occurrence

Halothamnus bottae is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , United Arab Emirates ). It grows in open bushland and semi-desert steppes in dry, stony locations, from 0 to 2000 m above sea level. The subspecies ssp. Niger occurs only on the southern Arabian Peninsula, in dry and hot lowlands up to 100 m above sea level (similar plants from East Africa belong to Halothamnus somalensis ).

use

In Oman, dried Halothamnus bottae is used as snuff . Halothamnus bottae is grown as a forage crop. It is used in folk medicine to strengthen the hair and to treat women's ailments. Sick sheep are also treated with it for anthrax, scabies or wounds. The leaves contain the aliphatic ingredients n-hexacosane, 1-triacosanol, 1-triacontanol, 1-henetriacontanol, stigmasterol and 1-tritriacontanol.

Systematics

Illustration of Halothamnus bottae from the first description

The first description of Halothamnus bottae was in 1845 by Hippolyte François Jaubert and Édouard Spach . Synonyms for Halothamnus bottae Jaub. & Spach are Caroxylon bottae (Jaub. & Spach) Moq. and Salsola bottae (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.

Halothamnus bottae is in Saudi Arabia Hamd al-arnab and tiḩyan called in Oman ( Shehri language and Dhofari) hamdeh and kizzot , and in Yemen asal . and tanēt .

literature

  • Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich: Revision of the genus Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae) . Bibliotheca Botanica Vol. 143, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3-510-48014-2 , pp. 53–57 (sections characteristics, occurrence, use, taxonomy)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich: The genus Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae) in Southwest Asia. - Flora et Vegetatio Mundi 9, 1991, pp. 43-52.
  2. ↑ Herbarium record Miller 6494 (Herbarium: E)
  3. ↑ a b c d Shahnaz Sultana, Mohammed Ali, Mohammad Jameel: Aliphatic Constituents from the Leaves of Dillenia indica L., Halothamus bottae Jaub. and Xylosma longifolium Clos. Chemistry Research Journal 3 (3): pp. 109-117. 2018. PDF
  4. ^ Hippolyte François Jaubert & Édouard Spach: Illustrationes plantarum orientalium , volume 2. - Paris, 1845, p. 50, fig. 136. (first description)
  5. ↑ JP Mandaville: Flora of eastern Saudi Arabia . - London / New York: Kegan Paul International, 1990.
  6. ^ AG Miller & DM Morris: Plants of Dhofar. - Muscat: Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, 1988.
  7. ↑ Herbarium evidence Wissmann 852 (Herbarium: LE)
  8. ↑ E. Blatter: Flora Arabica 8.1. - Calcutta: Superintendent government printing, 1919.

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