Caragana halodendron is a species of flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to a wide area of central Asia from Turkey in the west, south to Pakistan, north to southern Russia, and east to northeastern China; it typically grows on saline soils. It is known by several common names, including salt tree, common salt tree and Russian salt tree. It was formerly treated in its own genus as Halimodendron halodendron, but genetic analysis proved it to be embedded within the genus Caragana.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Russian salt tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Caragana
- Species
- Caragana halodendron
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