Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels GRIN-Global

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:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

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)

Bouachrine, J. E. 1994. Multipurpose trees and shrubs - focus on the argan tree. Agroforest. Today 6(1):11.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia		s.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canarias
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		s.

Native
Africa

Cultivated
Africa

Naturalized
Africa

Europe

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	agroforestry		Bouachrine, J. E. 1994. Multipurpose trees and shrubs - focus on the argan tree. Agroforest. Today 6(1):11.
Human food	oil/fat		Ritchie, C. R. 2007. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Materials	lipids	for cosmetics fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006	Ritchie, C. R. 2007. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Medicines	folklore	fide C. R. Ritchie, pers. comm. 2006	Ritchie, C. R. 2007. pers. comm. Note: re. common names