Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Capparidaceae
Dipterygium glaucum Decne.
English name:
Local name: Pheer.
Description:
It is about 60 cm tall under shrub with many slender glabrous branches, rarely
glandular, woody at the base. Leaves minute light green, attached with short petiole.
Flowers minute, having four minute bright yellow petals. Fruit rough one seeded.
Reproduces through seeds.
Flowering Period:
February to October.
Habitat:
Found in dry, sandy-gravelly habitats.
Uses:
The plant grows in desert areas provides service to
stabilize sand dunes, used for treatment of respiratory
disorders.
Distribution:
Arabia, Egypt, Sudan and Pakistan.
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