Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Illecebraceae
Cometes surattensis L.
English name:
Local name: Tap wari booti.
Description:
An annual herb, 10-25 cm tall much branched from the base. Leaves glabrous
leathery with entire margins. Younger branches glabrous bearing white flowers,
bracts barbed, turning reddish brown in fruiting.
Flowering Period:
February to May.
Habitat:
Common on gravelly, stony hill-slopes after winter/spring
rains, also along stream beds.
Distribution:
Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and SouthernArabia.