【WINIL Daily】蓼科 沙拐枣属 丛毛沙拐枣 Calligonum comosum📍阿拉伯半岛
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Calligonum comosum, the fire bush, arta or abal, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae（蓼科）.

The plant grows to around 1.2 metres tall, with green branches that split off from the main stem like the wisps（一缕） of a broom（扫帚）. The plant is high in sugar and nitrogen（氮）.

It is native to the Sahara, Socotra（索科特拉岛）, the Arabian Peninsula, and in the Middle East as far east as Pakistan（巴基斯坦 🇵🇰）and the Rajasthan desert in western India（印度 🇮🇳）.

The flowers can be eaten fresh. It is useful as a stabilizer（稳定物） of sand dunes（丘/堆）, forage（草料/搜寻）for livestock（牲畜）, smokeless（无烟的） firewood（木柴）, and an indicator of （- fresh water 淡水）.