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Aerva javanica
Very young and healthy plant growing in the Dahab flood zone several weeks after winter rains. "A species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. The plant is herbaceous, multi-stemmed, soft-wooded, with broad leaves; it often has an erect habit." - wiki
sandy wadis and desert plains
Not used medicinally here in Egypt or Sinai, but in other parts of the world (Jordan, for example), it is.
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