Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Solanaceae
Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal
(Syn: Puneeria coagulans Stocks, J. Roy)
English name:
Local name: Sindhi- Panirband, Panir, Urdu-
Habbul.
Description:
A rigid grayish green, much branched ascending shrub up to 1 m tall, stellate-tomentose
with greenish yellow unisexual flowers. Leaves usually elongated attached with very short
petiole. Fruit globose, dark yellow when ripe, many seeded. Male and female flower
separate but on same plant.
Flowering Period:
January toApril.
Habitat:
It is fairly common in dry hot and stony places.
Uses:
The fruit is emetic and diuretic and also has milk coagulating
properties. They are useful in chronic complaints of liver.
In the dried form they are employed in dyspepsia, flatulent
colic and other intestinal affections. The fruits are also used
for the treatment of asthma, biliousness and strangury.
Powdered dry fruits used for coagulating milk.
Distribution:
Iran,Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.