Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Capparidaceae
Capparis cartilaginea Decne.
English name:
Local name: Kabar, Khawarg, Panetero, Kaluari, Golaro.
Description:
A glabrous, branched, prostrate or scrambling fleshy shrub. Leaves ovate to broadly
elliptic, 2-6 cm broad with entire margin. Flower showy, white, pedicelate, posterior
pair of petals somewhat hooded and enclosed in the hooded posterior sepal. Fruit
ovoid or ellipsoid, 3-5 cm long, 2-3 cm long, flesh reddish when ripe. Seeds many.
Flowering Period:
Post monsoon to March.
Habitat:
Found on stony, rocky slopes and mountain ridges.
Uses:
The plant is used to cure earache, headache, snakebite
and paralysis.
Distribution:
Pakistan, Southern Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia,
Egypt and Tropical East Africa.