Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tamarix africana Poir. [Tamaricaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tarfa	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tamarix africana var. brevistyla Trab. ex Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 193 (1935).
Tamarix africana var. brivesii Maire & Trab. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 24: 206 (1932).
Tamarix africana var. ducellieri Trab. ex Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 193 (1935).
Tamarix africana var. fluminensis (Maire) B.R.Baum Gen. Tamarix: 109 (1978).
Tamarix africana var. laxiflora J.Gay in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 322 (1889).
Tamarix africana f. leptostachya Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 104 (1940).
Tamarix africana var. microstachys Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 215 (1936).
Tamarix africana var. palasyana Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 215 (1936).
Tamarix africana var. saharae J.Gay in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 322 (1889).
Tamarix africana var. weilleri Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 193 (1935).
Tamarix africana var. wilczekii Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 193 (1935).
Tamarix allorgeana Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 232 (1936).
Tamarix allorgei Sennen & Mauricio Cat. Fl. Rif Orient.: 147 (1933), nom. nud.
Tamarix brachystilis var. fluminensis Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 184 (1935).
Tamarix brachystylis var. fluminensis Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 192 (1935).
Tamarix calarantha Pau Mem. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Ser. Bot. 1(1): 43 (1922).
Tamarix castellana Pau & Villar Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 23: 107 (1927).
Tamarix castellana f. rosea Pau & Villar Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 23: 109 (1927).
Tamarix celtiberica Sennen & Elías Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 27: 66 (1928).
Tamarix font-queri Maire & Trab. in M.L.Emberger, Pl. Marocc. Nov. 1: 1 (1929).
Tamarix gallica var. pleiandra Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 192 (1935).
Tamarix gallica subsp. speciosa Ball J. Bot. 11: 301 (1873), nom. illeg.
Tamarix getula Batt. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 254 (1907).
Tamarix hieronymi Sennen Diagn. Nouv.: 148 (1936).
Tamarix hispanica Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 56 (1856).
Tamarix longebracteolata Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1926: n.° 5735 (1926).
Tamarix ludibunda Maire Contr. Étude Fl. Afr. N., reimpr. 21: 1 (1933).
Tamarix malacitana Pau Mem. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Ser. Bot. 1(1): 43 (1922).
Tamarix malenconiana Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 194 (1935).
Tamarix mauritii Sennen Diagn. Nouv.: 233 (1936).
Tamarix praecox Port. ex Bunge Tent. Gen. Tamar.: 40 (1852).
Tamarix segobricensis Pau Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 18: 160 (1918).
Tamarix speciosa Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 372 (1877), nom. illeg.
Tamarix speciosa var. acutibracteata Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 410 (1938).
Tamarix speciosa var. calarantha (Pau) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 410 (1938).
Tamarix speciosa var. font-queri (Maire & Trab.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 488 (1932).
Tamarix speciosa var. getula (Batt.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 488 (1932).
Tamarix speciosa subsp. ludibunda (Maire) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 900 (1934).
Tamarix speciosa var. tingitana (Pau) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 488 (1932).
Tamarix theodori Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1926: n.° 5945 (1926).
Tamarix tingitana Pau Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 293 (1924).
Tamarix uncinatifolia Sennen Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 73: 9 (1926-1927 publ. 1928).
Tamarix viciosoi Pau & Villar Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 23: 109 (1927).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tamarix africana Poir.	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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