Haloxylon ammodendron
| Haloxylon ammodendron | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Order: | Caryophyllales | 
| Family: | Amaranthaceae | 
| Genus: | Haloxylon | 
| Species: | H. ammodendron | 
| Binomial name | |
| Haloxylon ammodendron | |
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Haloxylon ammodendron, variously called the saxaul (Russian: саксау́л, romanized: saksaúl), black saxaul, also spelled sacsaoul or saksaul is a plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. "Saksaul" is a common Turkic word that entered Russian through Kazakh.