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Let's list some edible desert plants.

Water is vital to survival in the desert. Remember some aquatic plants. Eat them only if you have water.

1. Prickly pear

Thick, connected, paw-shaped leaves. Flowers are red or yellow. Fruits are ovoid, fleshy. Raw peeled fruit is eaten, as well as boiled young leaves peeled from thorns and peel. The seeds are roasted into flour. Water is extracted from the stem. Be careful: the plant is densely dotted with thorns. In Africa, not to be confused with milkweed, which has a milky sap.

2. Lophophora Williams

It grows in Africa, Asia, Europe and America - in wet tropical forests and. deserts. Thick pointed leaves form a basal rosette from which a long stem with flowers rises. Stems that have not yet bloomed can be eaten boiled.

3. Wild pumpkin (gourd)

It grows in the deserts of Asia, the Near and Middle East. A vine-like plant that forms a dense carpet. The fruit is the size of an orange. Roasted seeds, boiled young leaves and fresh flowers are used as food. Water is extracted by chewing stems and shoots.

4. Date palm

It grows near water everywhere from India to North Africa. Tall, slender, palm tree, topped with a crown of long - up to 4 m - leaves. The fruits and growth tips are eaten raw. Young leaves should be boiled. The juice from the stem can be boiled down to a syrup.

5. Acacia

It grows everywhere from Africa to northern Australia. There are many varieties of acacia, they are all prickly, low, with small leaves. Ball inflorescences, reaching a diameter of 1 cm, are painted in white, pink or yellow. Water is extracted from the roots. Roasted seeds and boiled young leaves and shoots are eaten.

6. Carob

It grows in the Mediterranean Sea, the Sahara, distributed from the Arabian Peninsula to India. The height of this evergreen tree reaches 15 m. The leaves are shiny, paired, 2-3 pairs on the petiole. The flowers are small, red. The flat, leathery seed pods contain a sweet pulp that can be eaten raw. Solid brown grains can be ground and porridge can be cooked from the resulting flour.

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