Tamarix senegalensis

Tamarix senegalensis
Senegalese tamarisk (Tamarix senegalensis) in São Pedro on the Capeverdean island of São Vicente
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Tamaricaceae
Genus:Tamarix
Species: T. senegalensis
Binomial name
Tamarix senegalensis
DC., 1828[1]

Tamarix sengalensis, or the Senegalese (or Senegambian) tamarisk is a species of tamarisk flowers that belong to the Tamaricaceae family.[2]

Distribution and ecology

Leaves of the Senegalese tamarisk

Tamarix senegalensis are founded in the arid zone of the coasts of Africa, they are also founded on the Cape Verde islands.

The tamarisk species are resistant to the salinity of the soils and could allow the restocking of abandoned farmland following the salinization of the soil in the coastal Sahel areas, particularly in Senegal.[3]

In the Portuguese language, it is called “tarrafe”, and a plantation of “tarrafes” is called “tarrafal”. Hence its Senegalese tamarisks grown in the area, it gives the name to three places in Cape Verde including Tarrafal on the island of Santiago, Tarrafal de Monte Trigo on the west of Santo Antão and Tarrafal de São Nicolau on the homonymous island. It also gives the name to a neighborhood of Ribeira Grande near the town center in Santo Antão.

Its leaves are measured between 4–5 cm long.

References

  1. ↑ DC., In: Prod. 3: 96
  2. ↑ Roskov, Y.; Kunze, T.; Orrel, T.; Abucay, L.; Paglinawan, L.; Culham, A.; Bailly, n.; Kirk, P.; Bourgoin, T.; Baillargeon, T.; Decock, W.; De Wever, A.; Didžiulis, V. (6 December 2014). ”Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.”. Species 2000. Reading, England.
  3. ↑ Ndeye Aminata Cissé Impact Des Changements Climatiques : 1 Million D’hectares De Terre Affectés Par La Salinisation (Impact of Climate Change: A Million Hectares of Affected Land For Salinisation) Sud Quodien 23 August 2017

Further reading

  • Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. p. 296.
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