Nitraria
Nitraria | |
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Nitraria billardierei in St Kilda, South Australia. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Nitrariaceae |
Genus: | Nitraria L. |
Species | |
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Nitraria, known as the nitre bushes, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Nitrariaceae, native to Africa, Europe, Asia, Russia and Australia.
There are about 9 species including:
- Nitraria billardierei DC., known as nitre bush or dillon bush
- Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Asch.
- Nitraria schoberi L.
- Nitraria sibirica Pall.
Nitraria in Islam
Nitraria was mentioned in the Noble Prophet's Sunnah as a Jewish tree, it was also named because, as stated in the honorable hadith about Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī heard the Messenger of Allah Mohmmed (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The hour does not rise until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims kill them until the Jew hides behind the stones and the trees, so the stones and the trees say, "O Muslim, O servant of Allah, this is a Jew behind me, so come and kill him", except the Nitraria, for it is from the trees of the Jews.
References
- "Genus Nitraria". PlantNET — New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- "Nitraria L." Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2017-12-23.