Tamaricaceae
Nile tamarisk
Tamarix senegalensis
- Family
- Tamaricaceae
- Genus
- Tamarix
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- أثل سنغالي, أثل عربي, أثل نيلي
- Bulgarian
- Сенегалска ракитовица
- Chinese
- 塞内加尔柽柳, 塞内加爾檉柳
- English
- Nile tamarisk
- ff
- Aslahi
- Hebrew
- אשל היאור
- Persian
- گز سنگالی
Synonyms
- Tamarix arabica Bunge
- Tamarix gallica var. nilotica Ehrenb.
- Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb.) Bunge
- Tamarix nilotica var. arabica (Bunge) Hosni
Photos

Photo: Somdiaviao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Somdiaviao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diego7864, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.