Plant Details

Accepted name:: Atriplex halimus L. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aramas	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
gataf	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gtaf	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
guettaf	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kataf	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
malluakh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
north african saltbush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qataf-e-bahri	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
qtout	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
rughat	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
rughl	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
saltbushes	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sea orache	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
shruppy saltbush	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
رغل	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
رقات	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
قطف	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
قطف بحري	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قطوط	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ملاح	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ملوح	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫قطف	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Whole plant		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, aerial parts, roots		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
whole plant, roots, seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Atriplex halimoides Tineo Cat. Pl. Hort. Panorm.: 277 (1827).
Atriplex halimus var. argutidens Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 30: 82 (1913).
Atriplex halimus var. denticulata Sennen & Pau Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne): n.° 259.
Atriplex halimus var. grandifolia Lázaro Ibiza Asoc. Esp. Progr. Ci., Congr. Sevilla 6(4): 28, 29 (1920).
Atriplex halimus f. granulata (L.Chevall.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 8: 82 (1962).
Atriplex halimus var. granulata L.Chevall. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 444 (1905).
Atriplex halimus var. hastulata Maire Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 80 (1933).
Atriplex halimus var. intermedia L.Chevall. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 444 (1905).
Atriplex halimus f. intermedia (L.Chevall.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 8: 82 (1962).
Atriplex halimus var. ramosissima L.Chevall. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 444 (1905).
Atriplex halimus f. ramosissima (L.Chevall.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 8: 83 (1962).
Atriplex halimus f. rifea (Sennen & Mauricio) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 8: 83 (1962).
Atriplex halimus var. rifea Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 248 (1936).
Atriplex halimus var. schweinfurthii Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 916 (1879).
Atriplex halimus var. serrulata (Pau) Alcaraz, Garre & Sánchez-Gómez Anales Biol., Fac. Biol., Univ. Murcia 6: 81 (1985).
Atriplex halimus f. venosa (L.Chevall.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 8: 82 (1962).
Atriplex halimus var. venosa L.Chevall. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 444 (1905).
Atriplex kataf Ehrenb. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 916 (1879).
Atriplex parvifolia Pau in P.Font i Quer, Exsicc. (Iter Marocc.) 1929: n.° 116 (1930), nom. illeg.
Atriplex serrulata Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 2: 66 (1903).
Chenopodium halimus (L.) Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 48 (1794).
Obione halimus (L.) G.L.Chu Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod.: 158 (2017).
Schizotheca halimus (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 143 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Atripiex halimus	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Atriplex halimus	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Atriplex halimus L	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
Atriplex halimus L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Atriplex halimus Wright	Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002)

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