Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Capparidaceae
Cleome scaposa DC.
English name: Beeplant.
Local name: Kano ghaa.
Description:
An erect branched annual herb generally10-30 cm tall with slender. Leaves simple
small almost rounded with deeply inserted midrib. Stem erect and sparsely
branched having minute terminal flowers, white turning yellowish, rarely pinkish.
Fruit capsule, very narrow with tiny seeds.
Flowering Period:
February toApril.
Habitat:
Common in stony, gravelly soil and hilly slops.
Uses:
Mostly grazed by livestock.
Distribution:
North and Tropical Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Pakistan and
India.
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