Atriplex Halimus

The leaves are edible. Extracts from the leaves have shown to have significant hypoglycemic effects.

The species has potential use in agriculture. A study allowed sheep and goats to voluntarily feed on A. halimus and aimed to determine if the saltbush was palatable, and if so, did it provide enough nutrients to supplement the diet of these animals. In this study they determined when goats and sheep are given as much A. halimus as they like, they do obtain enough nutrients to supplement their diet – unless the animal requirements are higher during pregnancy and milk production.

This plant is often cultivated as forage because of its tolerance for severe conditions of drought, and it can grow easily in very alkaline and saline soils. In addition, it is useful to valorize degraded and marginal areas because it will contribute to the improvement of phytomass in this case. 

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1972 Rooting Cuttings of Saltbush (Atriplex halimus L.)

Cuttings of the saltbush (Atriplex halimus L.) were rooted by keeping them at high humidity in cheap &am- hers of transparent plastic sheeting for two months. The method could...

2009 Freezing tolerance in Algerian populations of Atriplex halimus and Atriplex canescens

The freezing tolerance of populations of the fodder species Atriplex halimus L. and Atriplex canescens (Pursh.) Nutt (Chenopodiaceae) from different locations in Algeria was investigated, in relation to plant...

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The Forage Plants of Australia The Forage Plants of Australia: (with illustrations)

The illustrations and descriptive matter contained in this book first appeared in the columns of the Town and Country Journal, that being the first attempt ever made, through the Australian...

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Common Names: 
  • Mediterranean saltbush
  • Oldman-Saltbush
  • sea orache
  • shrubby orache
  • silvery orache
Scientific Names: 
  • Atriplex halimus