Sapotaceae
Argan
Sideroxylon spinosum
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Sideroxylon
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Common names
By language (55)
- Arabic
- أركان, شجرة الأركان, أرجان, أرقان, الأرجان, شجر الأركان
- Armenian
- Արգանիա
- ary
- أرݣان, أرڭان
- arz
- شجرة اركان
- azb
- آرقان
- Bangla
- আর্গান গাছ
- Basque
- Argan olio
- Bulgarian
- Арганово дърво, Аргания
- Catalan
- Argània, A. sideroxylon, Argània sideroxylon
- Cebuano
- Argania
- Chinese
- 刺久榄, 刺久欖, 摩洛哥坚果, 刺阿干树, 坚果树, 山羊树, 摩洛哥铁树, 摩洛哥堅果
- Croatian
- Argan
- Czech
- Argánie trnitá, Dvojčet trnitý
- Dutch
- Arganboom
- English
- Argan
- Esperanto
- Arganio
- Estonian
- Argaaniapuu
- French
- Arganier, Affiache, Argan, Arganeraie, Arganiers, Huilde d'Argan, L’argan, pratiques et savoir-faire liés à l’arganier
- frr
- Arganbuum
- German
- Arganbaum, Arganie
- Greek
- Argania
- Hebrew
- ארגן
- Hungarian
- Argánfa
- Italian
- Argan
- Japanese
- アルガンノキ
- kab
- Argan
- Kannada
- ಸೈಡೆರೊಕ್ಸಿಲಾನ್ ಸ್ಪಿನೋಸಮ್
- koi
- Аргания
- Korean
- 아르간나무
- kv
- Аргания
- lbe
- Аргания
- li
- Arganboom, Arganboum
- Lithuanian
- Arganas
- mrj
- Аргани
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Argantre, Argania, Marokkansk jerntre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Argantre, Argan
- Persian
- ارقان, آرگان, ارگان
- Polish
- Drzewo arganowe, Olejara żelazna, Tłuścianka żelazna
- Portuguese
- Argania
- Romanian
- Aragan, Argan
- Russian
- Аргания, Аргания колючая, Рассул
- Serbian (Latin)
- Arganija
- shi
- Argan
- Slovak
- Arganovník
- Slovenian
- Arganija, Argan, Arganovo drevo
- Spanish
- Argan, Argán, Conocimientos, técnicas y prácticas vinculadas al erguén, Elaeodendron argan, Tekelia spinosa
- Swedish
- Arganträd
- Tatar
- Аргания
- Turkish
- Argan
- udm
- Аргания
- Ukrainian
- Арганія
- Urdu
- ارکان
- Walloon
- Arganî
- war
- Argania
- zgh
- ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵏ
Synonyms
- Argania sideroxylon Roem. & Schult.
- Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels
- Argania spinosa var. apiculata Maire
- Argania spinosa var. mutica Maire
- Sideroxylon argan (Retz.) Baill.
- Verlangia argan Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Mohamed Abdelaziz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CaracalShan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M. Socorro González Elizondo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bogsuckers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Loïc Chalmandrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.