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Taxon:  Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels



Summary
Genus:
Argania
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Sapotoideae
Tribe:
Sideroxyleae
Nomen number:
3956
Place of publication:
Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 227:28. 1911
Verified:
11/17/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (8  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sideroxylon spinosum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Argania sideroxylon Roem. & Schult.

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Reference(s)
  1. Bouachrine, J. E. 1994. Multipurpose trees and shrubs - focus on the argan tree. Agroforest. Today 6(1):11.
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  3. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae. 2001 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  5. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  6. Pennington, T. D. The genera of the Sapotaceae. 1991
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  8. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  9. Ritchie, C. R. 2007. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Common names
English
argantree –
goat-tree –
French
aranier –
bois de fer –
German
Arganbaum –
Morocco
ardjan –
Spanish
argán –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia s.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain s.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco, Tunisia (s.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (s.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
oil/fat (fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006) –
Materials
lipids (for cosmetics fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006) –
Medicines
folklore (fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006) –


NGBT Plant Germplasm System Distribution Policy

Plant germplasm is distributed to scientists, educators, producers and other bona fide research and education entities from National genebank of Tunisia active collection sites. The NGBT Curator and/or Research Leader will, in accordance with current NPGS policies and procedures, determine the legitimacy of a request when necessary.

Distributions to fulfill requests for repatriation of subsamples of germplasm collections to a country or community of origin, especially following natural or man-made catastrophes, are considered a high priority.

Although distributions for research, education, and repatriation are of the highest priority, the NPGS also encourages various seed-saver organizations and public gardens to conduct germplasm conservation activities that engage many individuals and groups throughout the country. Elements of the NPGS cooperate with seed-saver organizations and public gardens and may store germplasm for and distribute germplasm to such organizations.

Distribution of germplasm from NPGS collections to fulfill requests from individuals seeking free germplasm strictly for home use is generally considered an inappropriate use of limited resources and conflicts with U.S. Government policy of not competing with commercial enterprises. Requestors can be asked, in an appropriate manner, to justify the use of specific NPGS germplasm instead of suitable commercially available germplasm.

Accessions listed in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database as “not available” due to insufficient or low viability seed and/or scheduled for regeneration will generally not be available for distribution.

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