- A small herb, 20-30 cm tall, covered with numerous hard thorns. The leaves are simple, deciduous, oval, leathery, smooth, and rounded at the tip. Flowers dark red, pods up to 205 cm long, curved or straight, greenish-gray and very hard. The manna or sweet secretion of the leaves and branches was known as Turanjabin and was used to nourish the Israelites in the wilderness. not obtained from any plant.
- Used as gastroprotectant, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, asthma and respiratory disease, laxative. It is also useful for diarrhea, skin diseases, rheumatism, gout, hemorrhoids, and is used for ailments associated with excessive thirst, glandular tumors, nasal polyps, and bile ducts.
