Nucularia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Nucularia perrinii Battandier.jpg |image_caption =Nucularia perrinii |genus = Nucularia |parent_authority = Batt. (1903) |species = perrinii |authority = Batt. (1903) }}

'''''Nucularia perrinii''''', known as '''askaf''', is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus '''''Nucularia'''''. Its native range is Selvagens to the western and central Sahara and Sahel.{{r|POWO}} Askaf is a crucial plant to Sahrawi camel nomads, providing salt and water to camels even during dry spells and causing a characteristic flavor to camel milk.{{r|volpato2016}}

==Distribution== '''''Nucularia perrinii''''' is an endemic halophyte plant of central and western Sahara.{{r|volpato2016}}

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<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Nucularia Batt. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36070-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=en }}</ref>

<ref name="volpato2016">{{cite journal |doi=10.1186/s13002-017-0141-3 |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |title=The role of ''Nucularia perrinii'' Batt. (Chenopodiaceae) in the camel-based Sahrawi social-ecological system |date=2017 |doi-access=free |last1=Volpato |first1=Gabriele |last2=Di Nardo |first2=Antonello |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=12 |pmid=28179025 |pmc=5299638 }}</ref>

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Category:Amaranthaceae Category:Monotypic Amaranthaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1903