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North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia.
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Used for timber; vulnerable.
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The wood is used for fuel in Sindh. In Punjab, it is used for well curbs and for ternery. The leaves are lopped for feeding goats. In former Russia, the resin of the bark, under the name of `buriarmini' is considered to have medicinal properties. The plant produces root suckers in abundance. Reproduction by cutting and root suckers is, however, difficult.
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Tree of medium size. Leaves pale grey-green, vary in form, linear-lanceolate on the long branches to broadly oblong on the short branches. Very spectacular. Disease resistant, also heat and drought resistant. Z 6. New.
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Trees to 15 m tall, rarely shrubby; bark grayish brown, furrowed on basal part of trunk. Branchlets brownish, tomentulose or glabrous, pilose when young. Sprouts terete, slender, smooth or slightly tomentose. Buds brown, ellipsoid, ca. 7 mm, glabrescent. Petiole at maturity slightly complanate, ca. as long as leaf blade; leaf blade ovate-orbicular, reniform, or deltoid-ovate, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, rounded, or truncate, with 2 glands, apex with coarse teeth. Leaves of seedling stage and on sprouts shortly petiolate; leaf blade linear, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, margin entire or with irregular, loose, undulate teeth. Male catkin slender, terete, 2-3 cm; rachis tomentulose. Male flower: anthers purplish red. Female catkin 2.5 cm, to 9 cm in fruit; rachis tomentulose or glabrous; ovary long ovoid, tomentulose or glabrous, long stipitate. Female flower: stigmas 3, yellowish green, each 2-lobed. Capsule 1-1.2 cm, glabrous, 2- or 3-valved. Fl. May, fr. Jul-Aug.
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Tree up to 15 m tall; sucker formation common; bark greyish. Young branches yellowish brown, glabrous. Leaves leathery, glabrous, very variable in form and size; on young plants and on long shoots, linear to elongate-ovate, 3-12 x 0.5-4 cm, usually entire, petiole 7.5-15 mm long; on older trees and on short shoots ovate-rhombic, elliptic-orbicular or reniform, 2-5 x 3-7 cm or larger, shallowly dentate in upper part; petiole 1.2-5 cm long. Male catkin 2.5-5 cm long, lax. Male flowers: bract oblanceolate, incised; disc orbicular on a long slender stipe, flat, 8-cleft; stamens 8-12, anthers longer then filaments. Female catkin 5-8 cm long, lax. Female flower: disc membranous caducous, tubular with 8-12 linear segments; stigmas 2-3 ± crescent shaped, narrowed into a short style. Capsule 7.5-12 mm, smooth, glabrous or slightly pubescent when young, 2-3 valved. Pedicel 3.5-5 mm.
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Caucasus (southern Transcaucasus, Araks, Zangezur), northern Turkey and western Iran. Along streams.
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Distribution
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Gansu, W Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, ?India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia].
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Distribution
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Distribution: Pakistan (Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab) Kashmir; Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China (Gansu, W Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Xinjiang), N. Africa, Spain.(F. Zhenfu, Z. Shidong & A. K. Skvortsov, l.c.).
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: February.
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Habitat
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Plains, valleys, basins; 200-2400 m.
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Synonym
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Balsamiflua euphratica (Olivier) Kimura; Populus ariana Dode; P. diversifolia Schrenk; P. litwinowiana Dode; Turanga euphratica (Olivier) Kimura.
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Populus euphratica
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Populus euphratica, commonly known as the Euphrates poplar,[3] desert poplar, diversiform-leaved poplar, or poplar diversifolia,[4] is a species of poplar tree in the willow family.
Description
The Euphrates poplar is a medium-sized deciduous tree that may grow to a height of about 15 m (49 ft)and a girth of 2.5 m (8.2 ft) where conditions are favorable. The stem is typically bent and forked; old stems have thick, rough, olive-green bark. While the sapwood is white, the heartwood is red, darkening to almost black at the center. The roots spread widely but not deeply. The leaves are highly variable in shape.
The flowers are borne as catkins; those of the male are 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long, and those of the female 50–70 mm (2.0–2.8 in). The fruits are ovoid-lanceolate capsules, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long, containing tiny seeds enveloped in silky hairs.[5]
Distribution and habitat
The species has a very wide range, occurring naturally from North Africa, across the Middle East and Central Asia to western China. It may be found in dry temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and subtropical dry broadleaf forests at altitudes of up to 4,000 m (2.5 mi) above sea level.
It is a prominent component of Tugay floodplain ecosystems along river valleys in arid and semi-arid regions, mixed with willow, tamarisk and mulberry in dense thickets. It grows well on land that is seasonally flooded and is tolerant of saline and brackish water. Much used as a source of firewood, its forests have largely disappeared or become fragmented over much of its natural range.[5][6]
Uses
The species is used in agroforestry to provide leaves as fodder for livestock, timber and, potentially, fiber for making paper. It is also used in afforestation programs on saline soils in desert regions, and to create windbreaks and check erosion. The bark is reported to have Anthelmintic properties.[5]
References
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^ Barstow, M. 2018. Populus euphratica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T19178509A117646829. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T19178509A117646829.en. Accessed on 07 December 2022.
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^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 26 September 2016
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^ Heptner, V. G.; Sludskij, A. A. (1992) [1972]. Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats)]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 1–732.
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^ Hugh Cross (report leader), Jeff Ball, Dugald Black, Lee Bowling, Jean Hung, Ary van der Lely, Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Limited (July 1999). INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE TARIM BASIN (PDF) (Report). World Bank. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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^ a b c "Populus euphratica". Agroforestry Tree Database. World Agroforestry Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
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^ Treshkin, S.Y., S.K. Kamalov, A. Bachiev, N. Mamutov, A.I. Gladishev and I. Aimbetov. 1998. Present status of the tugai forests in the lower Amu-Dar’ya Basin and problems of their protection and restoration. Pages 43-53 in Ecological Research and Monitoring of the Aral Sea Deltas. A Basis for Restoration. UNESCO Aral Sea Project, 1992-1996 Final Scientific Reports, UNESCO, Paris, France.
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Populus euphratica: Brief Summary
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Populus euphratica, commonly known as the Euphrates poplar, desert poplar, diversiform-leaved poplar, or poplar diversifolia, is a species of poplar tree in the willow family.
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