Tamarix africana Poir. is a plant in the Tamaricaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Tamarix africana Poir. (Tamarix africana Poir.)
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Tamarix africana Poir.

Tamarix africana Poir.

African tamarisk (Tamarix africana Poir.) is a self-supporting Tamaricaceae tree with simple leaves that grows up to 6.3 m tall.

Family
Genus
Tamarix
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Tamarix africana Poir.

Tamarix africana Poir., commonly called African tamarisk, is a tree species belonging to the plant family Tamaricaceae. This species has a self-supporting growth structure and produces simple leaves. Individual Tamarix africana plants can reach a height of 6.3 meters.

Photo: (c) Thijs Valkenburg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thijs Valkenburg · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Tamaricaceae Tamarix

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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