Trianthema pentandrum L.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Sudan

• Locality

  Khartoum - Nile Banks and water catchment areas

• Elevation

  Alt. 380 - 400 m. (1247 - 1312 ft.)

• Coordinates

  15.7, 32.58

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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Zaleya pentandra (L.) Jeffrey
Det./Conf. N. Hassan	Date.	June	4,2004
University of Bayreuth	-
10/
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF THE SUDAN
AIZOACEAE
Zaleya pentandra (L.) Jeffr.
Det. By: W.E. A/Alla, September	1995
Field Char: Prostrate annual herb up to 50 cm.
long with cylindrical and solid fleshy stems;
leaves fleshy; fruits are brown capsules, 2mm.
?mmm.
Notes: Weed of cultivation. Code numbers: 184
SH. Program Project.
Locality: Sudan: Khartoum - Nile Banks and
water catchment nen,.
Habitat: Semi-desert, Nile banks and water
catchment areas.
380-400 m., 15°42’NX 32°35’E
Local Names: "Al-Raba’a"5
Med Uses: Entire macerated plant is used to treat
scorpion bites.
W.E. A/Alla, H.E. Khalid, M.M. OuU84, September
1, 1995
Collected under the sponsorship oft University of Illinois at
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History and Aromatic & Medicinal
Plant Research Inst, of the Ministry of Health in the Sudan.
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