Chenopodiaceae

Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A.Mey.) Bunge ex Fenzl

Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Haloxylon

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Common names

By language (22)

Arabic: رمث أسود
arz: نبات الغضا
Azerbaijani: Zaysan saksaulu
bar: Saxaul
Belarusian: Саксаул чорны
Catalan: Saxaul negre
Chinese: 梭梭, 梭梭柴, 琐琐
Czech: Saxaul stepní
Esperanto: Nigra saksaulo
French: Saxaoul, Saxaul
German: Saxaul, Schwarzer Saxaul
Hebrew: חמד שחור
Hungarian: Szakszaul
Japanese: ハロキシロン・アンモデンドロン, サクサウール
Kazakh: Qara seksewil, Қара сексеуіл, قارا سەكسەۋىل
Korean: 삭사울
Mongolian: Зайсангийн заг
Persian: سیاهتاغ
Russian: Саксаул зайсанский
Thai: แซกซอลดำ, ฮาโลไซลอนดำ
Uyghur: سۆكسۆك
wuu: 梭梭

Synonyms

Anabasis ammodendron C.A.Mey.
Arthrophytum ammodendron (C.A.Mey.) Litv.
Arthrophytum ammodendron var. aphyllum Minkw.
Arthrophytum haloxylon Litv.
Haloxylon aphyllum (Minkw.) Iljin
Pinus orientalis Falk

Photos

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Photo: BáthoryPéter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.