Anabasis articulata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = -0591 Anabasis articulata, désert d'Almeria, Espagne P1110397.JPG

|image_caption = Anabasis articulata, fruiting

|genus = Anabasis (plant)

|species = articulata

|authority = (Forssk.) Moq.{{cite web|title=Anabasis articulata|url=http://eol.org/pages/5217157/hierarchy_entries/57214957/overview|publisher=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=5 February 2015}}

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Anabasis articulata is a plant of the genus Anabasis. It a salt-tolerant xerophyte that is found in the Syrian Desert.{{cite web|author1=Mohammed Al-Oudat|author2=Manzoor Qadir|title=Halophytic flora of Syria|url=https://apps.icarda.org/wsInternet/wsInternet.asmx/DownloadFileToLocal?filePath=Research_publications_archive/Water/Flora_of_Syria.pdf&fileName=Flora_of_Syria.pdf|website=ICARDA Corporate Systems|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222421/https://apps.icarda.org/wsInternet/wsInternet.asmx/DownloadFileToLocal?filePath=Research_publications_archive/Water/Flora_of_Syria.pdf&fileName=Flora_of_Syria.pdf|url-status=dead}} Bedouins often use the plant's ashes as a soap substitute.{{cite journal |last1=Bailey|first1=Clinton|last2=Danin|first2=Avinoam |title=Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev |journal=Economic Botany |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=157 (4-g) |publisher=Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden Press |jstor=4254272|date=1981}}

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The plant is also known for its medical properties. Algerian traditional medicine practitioners use the plants leaves to make anti-diabetic decoction.{{cite journal|author1=N Kambouche |author2=B Merah |author3=A Derdour |author4=S Bellahouel |author5=J Bouayed |author6=A Dicko |author7=C Younos |author8=R Soulimani |title=Hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic effects of Anabasis articulata (Forssk) Moq (Chenopodiaceae), an Algerian medicinal plant|journal=African Journal of Biotechnology|date=2009|volume=8|issue=20}}