Biology:Aizoon canariense
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Short description: Species of succulent
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Aizoon |
| Species: | A. canariense
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| Aizoon canariense L.
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Aizoon canariense is a species of small leafy annual plant in the family Aizoaceae.[2]
Description
The plant can grow up to 25 centimetres (10 in) tall. Its branches spread on the ground, its leaves are petiolate, somewhat fleshy and hairy. It has small flowers with 1–3 millimetres (1⁄16–1⁄8 in) long sepals, yellowish inside, and no petals.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The plant can be found in warm arid to semi-arid areas including Macaronesia (on Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde), Arabia, Pakistan, North Africa and Southern Africa.[4]
Uses
Bedouins of Egypt made a gruel from the ground seeds[5] and the leaves are locally consumed in times of famine.[6]
References
- ↑ "Aizoon canariense". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2627016. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ "Aizoon canariense". Tropicos. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/700374. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ Aizoon canariense at Flora de Canarias
- ↑ Aizoon canariense, Plants of the World Online
- ↑ Osborn, Dale J. (1968). "Notes on the Medicinal and Other Uses of Plants in Egypt" (in en). Economic Botany (Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden Press) 22 (2): 175. doi:10.1007/BF02860560.
- ↑ Fern, Ken (2024-10-13). "Aizoon canariense". https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aizoon+canariense#:~:text=The%20plant%20is%20sometimes%20gathered,for%20local%20use%20as%20food..
External links
Data related to Aizoon canariense at Wikispecies- Aizoon canariense at Flora of the Canary Islands
Wikidata ☰ Q5661451 entry
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