Salsola komarovii
| Salsola komarovii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Salsola |
| Species: | S. komarovii |
| Binomial name | |
| Salsola komarovii Iljin | |
| Synonyms | |
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Kali komarovii (Iljin) Akhani & Roalson | |
Salsola komarovii is a species of plant native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Russia. It is an annual plant and grows to a height of 20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 in).[1] It is cultivated as a vegetable; the leaves and young shoots are eaten.[2] In Japanese it is known as okahijiki[2] which translates as "land seaweed".
References
- ↑ "Salsola komarovii". Flora of China. eFloras.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- 1 2 Kays, Stanley J. (2011). Cultivated Vegetables of the World: A Multilingual Onomasticon. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. p. 124. ISBN 978-9086861644.
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