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Taverniera aegyptiaca

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
Egypt to Eritrea and Arabian Pen.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Taverniera aegyptiaca is a subshrub or shrub in the legume family, native to arid regions from Egypt and Eritrea through the Arabian Peninsula to Sudan and South Sudan.

Where it grows

Taverniera aegyptiaca occurs naturally in Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and across the Arabian Peninsula, thriving in desert and dry shrubland biomes. In Qatar, it is locally frequent in the northeast in sandy and compact soils, typically near the coast. It is adapted to sub-saline, sandy-clayey soils.

Other Taverniera plants

Taverniera sericophylla · Taverniera spartea · Taverniera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Taverniera aegyptiaca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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