🌿 Family

Zygophyllaceae

29 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Zygophyllales › Zygophyllaceae

Larrea nitida Cav. is a flowering plant in Zygophyllaceae native to Chile and Argentina, used in traditional medicine.

Bulnesia chilensis is an endemic Zygophyllaceae shrub from northern Chile known locally as retama or retama del cerro.

Guaiacum sanctum is a near threatened neotropical flowering tree valued for its wood, medicine, and ornamentation.

Balanites maughamii is a protected African tree species that lends its common name to a Namibian community.

Sisyndite spartea is the only species in the Zygophyllaceae genus Sisyndite, a shrub native to parts of Namibia and South Africa.

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