Nitraria schoberi | |
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Unripe fruit at the Berca Mud Volcanoes, Romania | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Nitrariaceae |
Genus: | Nitraria |
Species: | N. schoberi
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Binomial name | |
Nitraria schoberi | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Nitraria schoberi, the nitrebush (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Nitrariaceae.[2] It has an Irano-Turanian distribution.[1] Its fruit, edible and salty-sweet, are collected by local peoples and eaten fresh or preserved.[3] Archeological evidence shows that people have been eating the fruit since Epipalaeolithic times.[4]