{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Neurada procumbens 1.JPG |image_caption = ''Neurada procumbens'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Neurada |authority = B.Juss.<ref>C.Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.: 441 (1753)</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Figaraea'' <small>Viv.</small> *''Neuras'' <small>Adans.</small> |synonyms_ref=<ref name = "33916-1" /> }}
'''''Neurada''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Neuradaceae, found in northern Africa, Cyprus, the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. They are desert-adapted prostrate annual herbs with bizarre spiny flowers and fruits.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=de Loewenstern |first1=Antonio Borzatti |last2=Garbari |first2=Fabio|author2-link=Fabio Garbari |date=2002 |pages=361–365 |title=Karyological aspects of the genus ''Neurada'' L. (Neuradaceae J.G. Agardh) | journal=Caryologia |volume=55 |issue=4 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00087114.2002.10797888 |doi=10.1080/00087114.2002.10797888 |issn=0008-7114|doi-access=free }}</ref> Local people use them as a medicinal herb for a variety of conditions and as a nerve tonic. It is also used for camel fodder.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/jfpp.14774 |title=Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activity of ''Neurada procumbens'' L. Growing in Southern Algeria |year=2020 |last1=Chelalba |first1=Imane |last2=Benchikha |first2=Naima |last3=Begaa |first3=Samir |last4=Messaoudi |first4=Mohammed |last5=Debbeche |first5=Hanane |last6=Rebiai |first6=Abdelkrim |last7=Youssef |first7=Fadia S. |journal=Journal of Food Processing and Preservation |volume=44 |issue=10 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Species== Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "33916-1" >{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33916-1 |title=''Neurada'' B.Juss. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 July 2020 }}</ref>
*''Neurada al-eisawii'' <small> Barsotti, Borzatti & Garbari</small> *''Neurada procumbens'' <small>L.</small>
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Category:Neuradaceae Category:Malvales genera