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Atriplex halimus
Also called Shrubby Orache, Mediterranean Saltbush, Sea Orache
Atriplex halimus is a drought- and salt-tolerant fodder shrub from the Mediterranean, North and East Africa and Arabia, grown mainly for livestock forage and soil stabilisation on poor land. It thrives in full sun and needs little water once established.
Atriplex halimus (known also by its common names: Mediterranean saltbush, sea orache, shrubby orache, silvery orache; ; also spelled orach) is a species of fodder shrub in the family Amaranthaceae.
The plant is widespread through the Mediterranean Basin, North and East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
The leaves are edible. Extracts from the leaves have shown to have significant hypoglycemic effects.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex halimus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
