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Haloxylon
Haloxylon is a genus of shrubs or small trees, belonging to the plant family Amaranthaceae. Haloxylon and its species are known by the common name saxaul. "Saksaul" is a common Turkic word that entered Russian through Kazakh.
The genus Haloxylon is distributed in southwest and Central Asia, from Egypt to Mongolia and China (Xinjiang and Gansu), where it grows in sandy habitats (psammophyte).
The trees are used by nomads across the steppes of Central Asia as firewood.
Haloxylon ammodendron · White saxaul tree · Haloxylon salicornicum · Haloxylon scoparium
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