Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Convolvulaceae
Cressa cretica L.
English name:
Local name: Sindhi- Oin, Gen, Unnh, Urdu-
Rudani.
Description:
An erect, small, dwarf halophyte, branched hairy herb up to 30 cm in height. Leaves
very minute with salt glands, sessile, triangular. Flowers small white, in the axils of
upper leaves.
Flowering Period:
Almost throughout the year.
Habitat:
Common species of saline and silty soil and water logged areas.
Uses:
The plant is used to cure chronic fever and jaundice;
paste of the leaves applied on sores, good fodder for
camels, and regarded as a neutralizer of acidity of
saline soils.
Distribution:
Widely distributed in the xeric tropical zones of both the
Hemisphere.