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Mungily

Tecticornia indica

Mungily
Photo: n.a., Redrawing of Roxburghs unpublished plates, Public domain
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Succulent
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Coasts of Dry Trop. Africa to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent, Vi
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Tecticornia indica is a species of plant that is succulent and halophyte (salt tolerant) which grows in salt marshes on tropical areas of the world. This plant belongs to the Chenopodiaceae, which are now included in family Amaranthaceae.

These plants lack leaves. Stem & branches are modified as main photosynthetic structures. The Stem is jointed. Flowers are said to be fine and present in scales. The fruit of this plant is round and green. Capsule is hard and it contains many seeds that are hairy. The seeds are dimorphic.

Other Tecticornia plants

Tecticornia arborea · Shrubby Glasswort · Tecticornia australasica · Tecticornia bibenda · Grey Samphire · Casuarina Samphire · Blackseed Glasswort · Tecticornia verrucosa · Tecticornia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tecticornia indica 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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