Peganum harmala, widely known as wild rue or Syrian rue, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Nitrariaceae. It grows from a woody underground rootstock and is typically found in saline soils across temperate desert and Mediterranean regions. Its English name reflects a resemblance to rue, though the two are not closely related. The plant's seeds carry a high concentration of beta-carboline alkaloids. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikidata: Peganum harmala
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1. Peganum harmala (Wikipedia)
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
It grows from a woody underground rootstock and is typically found in saline soils across temperate desert and Mediterranean regions.
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Peganum harmala, commonly called wild rue, Syrian rue, African rue, esfand or espand, or harmel (among other similar pronunciations and spellings), is a perennial, herbaceous plant, with a woody underground rootstock, of the family Nitrariaceae, usually growing in saline soils in temperate desert an
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It is native to a vast region across North Africa, southern and eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South and East Asia, and has been introduced to countries like South Africa, Mexico, France.
3. Wikipedia: Peganum harmala
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Peganum harmala
- Child Taxon Of: Sapindales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Desert, Introduction
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