Summary
Place of publication:
J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 46. 1790
Verified:
10/08/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
gum-tragacanth – tragacanth – tragacanth milk-vetch – French
astragale à gomme – German
Gummitragant – Tragant – Spanish
alquitira – tragacanto – Swedish
dragantvedel –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | emulsifier | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Food additives | thickening agent | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Materials | gum/resin | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5794.
Accessed 19 May 2024.