Biology:Salsola komarovii

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Salsola komarovii
Salsola komarovii Iljin Aomori Japan 20080616b.JPG
In Aomori, Japan
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Salsola
Species:
S. komarovii
Binomial name
Salsola komarovii
Iljin
Synonyms

Kali komarovii (Iljin) Akhani & Roalson

Salsola komarovii is an annual plant native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Russia. It grows to a height of 20 to 50 centimeters (8 to 20 in).[1] It is cultivated as a vegetable; the leaves and young shoots are eaten.[2] In Japanese it is known as okahijiki[2] which translates as "land seaweed".

References

  1. Zhu, Gelin; Mosyakin, Sergei L.; Clemants, Steven E., "Salsola komarovii", Flora of China, 5, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006916, retrieved 28 October 2015 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kays, Stanley J. (2011). Cultivated Vegetables of the World: A Multilingual Onomasticon. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. p. 124. ISBN 978-9086861644. https://books.google.com/books?id=1pBMcf6wyj0C&pg=PA124. 


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