| Accepted name: |
Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott |
| Synonym(s): |
-Chenopodium scoparia L.
-Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. ssp. scoparia
-Kochia scoparia (L.) Roth ex Schrad.
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| English names: |
Kochia
Summer Cypress
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| French names: |
Kochia à balais
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Chenopodiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HBASSC
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Also used as nesting material for silk worms (NE China). In Japan and China grown as a vegetable, buds and young leaves are used. Trials in the USA for the use of the seeds rich in proteins. Medicinal plant in China and Korea (seeds)(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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