Difference between revisions of "Alhagi maurorum"
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| − | ''Alhagi camelorum'' Fisch. CAMELSTHORN. MANNAPLANT. The Orient and central Asia. This indigenous shrub furnishes a manna by exudation<ref>Don, G. ''Hist. Dichl. Pls.'' 2:310. 1832.</ref>. | + | {{Citation box |
| + | |text=''Alhagi camelorum'' Fisch. CAMELSTHORN. MANNAPLANT. The Orient and central Asia. This indigenous shrub furnishes a manna by exudation<ref>Don, G. ''Hist. Dichl. Pls.'' 2:310. 1832.</ref>. | ||
| − | ''Alhagi maurorum'' Medic. PERSIAN MANNA-PLANT. North Africa to Hindustan. Near Kandahar and Herat, manna is found and collected on the bushes of this desert plant at flowering time after the spring rains<ref>Brandis, D. ''Forest Fl.'' 145. 1876.</ref>. This manna is supposed by some to have been the manna of Scripture but others refer the manna of Scripture to one of the lichens | + | ''Alhagi maurorum'' Medic. PERSIAN MANNA-PLANT. North Africa to Hindustan. Near Kandahar and Herat, manna is found and collected on the bushes of this desert plant at flowering time after the spring rains<ref>Brandis, D. ''Forest Fl.'' 145. 1876.</ref>. This manna is supposed by some to have been the manna of Scripture but others refer the manna of Scripture to one of the lichens. |
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| + | |author = [[Alhagi (Sturtevant, 1919)|Sturtevant, ''Notes on edible plants'', 1919]]. | ||
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Alhagi camelorum Fisch. CAMELSTHORN. MANNAPLANT. The Orient and central Asia. This indigenous shrub furnishes a manna by exudation[1].
Alhagi maurorum Medic. PERSIAN MANNA-PLANT. North Africa to Hindustan. Near Kandahar and Herat, manna is found and collected on the bushes of this desert plant at flowering time after the spring rains[2]. This manna is supposed by some to have been the manna of Scripture but others refer the manna of Scripture to one of the lichens.
