Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1052. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Mediterranean saltbush – sea orache – shrubby orache – Arabic
qataf – French
arroche halime – pourpier de mer – German
Strauchmelde – Portuguese
salgadeira – Spanish
álimo – armuelle glauco – marisma – orzaga – osagra – salgada –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North West | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Human food | vegetable | | Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6013.
Accessed 18 July 2025.