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Peganum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Nitrariaceae

Higher classification
  
Zygophyllaceae

Order
  
Sapindales

Scientific name
  
Peganum

Rank
  
Genus

Peganum nargilirplantimagespic1928Peganum20harmalabmp

Similar
  
Peganum harmala, Zygophyllaceae, Caapi, Mimosa tenuiflora, Nitrariaceae

Peganum harmalavideo


Peganum L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae (Sheahan & Chase 1996). Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.

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The genus has five species, occurring in warm temperate to subtropical regions across the world:

  • Peganum harmala L. - Harmal or Syrian Rue (Mediterranean region east to India) (the terms esfand svanta and haoma are sometimes considered to refer to this plant, but this is conjectural and disputed)
  • Peganum mexicanum Gray (Mexico)
  • Peganum nigellastrum Bunge (China)
  • Peganum rothschildianum F.Buxbaum (Tunisia)
  • Peganum texanum M.E.Jones (southern North America)

    • Peganum harmala


    References

    Peganum Wikipedia
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