Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Resedaceae
Ochradenus baccatus Delile
English name:
Local name: Balochi-kirmkush.
Description:
A straggling shrub to small tree about 2.5 to 3 m tall sometimes polygamous. A desert
species with pretty greenish-yellow branches. Leaves very narrow and linear, without stalk.
Flowers minute, yellow in dense terminal raceme. Fruit small about 5 mm. globose, white.
Flowering Period:
During Spring and Summer months.
Habitat:
Grows in hot dry, rocky and sandy places.
Uses:
The fruitis sweet and edible.The whole plantdecoction is
applied to wounds and sores to kill maggots. The plant is
browsed by cattle
Distribution:
Libya to Egypt, Ethiopia, Somali land, Middle East to South
Iran and Pakistan.