Atriplex halimus, Sea Purslane, Shrubby Orache, Shrubby Saltbush,
מלוח קיפח
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| | Scientific name: |
| Atriplex halimus |
| Common name: |
| Sea Purslane, Shrubby Orache, Shrubby Saltbush |
| Dutch name: |
| Melde |
| Hebrew name: |
| מלוח קיפח |
| Family: |
| Chenopodiaceae, סלקיים |
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| | Life form: |
| Phanerophyte, shrub |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Green |
| Flowering Period: |
| April, May, June, July, August, September, October |
| Habitat: |
| Salty habitats |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: |
| Med - Saharo-Arabian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
"They pick mallow and the leaves of bushes..."
-Job 30:4
The translation of the Hebrew word 'maluach' is 'orache' and not 'mallow'.
The Talmud refers to the orache as the food of the poor. In times of famine it was eaten both by shepherds and by their flocks.
H.B.Tristram wrote: "We found thickets of it (Atriplex halimus) of considerable extent on the west side of the sea, and it exclusively supplied us with fuel for many days. It grows there to the height of ten feet- more than double its size on the Mediterranean.
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