| Suaeda monoica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Suaeda |
| Species: | S. monoica |
| Binomial name | |
| Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel. | |
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Suaeda monoica is a species of flowering plant in the sea-blite genus Suaeda, largely native to the shores of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to Sri Lanka, and salty areas inland. It has been introduced in Argentina. It exhibits phenotypic plasticity, with leaves that are much more succulent when grown under higher salinity conditions. Its leaves are edible, and it is used as an animal fodder plant where it grows.
References
- Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 798 (1776)
- ^ "Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Storey, Richard; Jones, R. Gareth Wyn (1979). "Responses of Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda monoica to Salinity". Plant Physiology. 63 (1): 156–162. doi:10.1104/pp.63.1.156. PMC 542787. PMID 16660671.
- Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3611. ISBN 9781482250640.
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| Suaeda monoica |
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