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Taxon:
Argania spinosa
(L.) Skeels
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Argania
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Sapotoideae
Tribe:
Sideroxyleae
Nomen number:
3956
Place of publication:
Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 227:28. 1911
Verified:
11/17/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sideroxylon spinosum
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Argania sideroxylon
Roem. & Schult.
No images
Reference(s)
Bouachrine, J. E.
1994. Multipurpose trees and shrubs - focus on the argan tree. Agroforest. Today 6(1):11.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire.
1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Pennington, T. D.
1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Ritchie, C. R.
2007. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Common names
English
argantree –
Reference(s)
goat-tree –
Reference(s)
French
aranier –
Reference(s)
bois de fer –
Reference(s)
German
Arganbaum –
Reference(s)
Morocco
ardjan –
Reference(s)
Spanish
argán –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
s.
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canary Islands
4
Naturalized
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
s.
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Morocco
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
,
Tunisia
(s.)
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands]
Europe
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(s.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
agroforestry
Bouachrine, J. E.
1994. Multipurpose trees and shrubs - focus on the argan tree. Agroforest. Today 6(1):11.
Human food
oil/fat
Ritchie, C. R.
2007. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Materials
lipids
for cosmetics fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006
Ritchie, C. R.
2007. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Medicines
folklore
fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006
Ritchie, C. R.
2007. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Name
References