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TAMARIX SP
English: Tamarix sp
Spanish: Tamariz
Estonian:
Portuguese: Tamargueira
This is a tree, it average is 15 m tall. And
it is reddish brown and with age they
become brownish purple.
Finally it has got big roots.
Albanian:
Turkish:
Flowers
This is a tree, it average
is 15 m tall. And it is
reddish brown and with
age they become
brownish purple.
Finally it has got big
roots.
Leaves
The leaves are scale-like and blue-
green in color, almost like that of
junipers 1–2 mm long, and overlap
each other along the stem. They
are often encrusted with salt
secretions. Ther are rhombic to
ovate, sharply pointed to gradually
tapering, and 0.5 –3.0 mm long.
The margins of the leaves are thin,
dry and membranaceus.
Fruit
The seeds are about 0.02 in.
long x 0.007 and are held in
a lance-ovoid capsule from
3-4 mm long.