Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Chenopodiaceae
Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq.
English name: Coral plant.
Local name: Kal.
Description:
A perennial halophytic fleshy herb usually 70 cm high, with prostrate stem giving
numerous ascending leafless branches. Male and female flowers separate but on
same spike (flowering stem). Flowers minute yellow or light green, in terminal
spikes, branchlets succulent.
Flowering Period:
September to February.
Habitat:
Ahighly salt tolerant species, mostly found in highly saline
wet plains near to coast and in creeks.
Uses:
The plant is Alexipharmic. The Ashes of the plant is
used in scorpion sting.
Distribution:
Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and
tropical East Africa.