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Tamaricaceae
Tamarix dioica Roxb. ex Roth.
English name: Tamarisk.
Local name: Farash, Lai, Lawi.
Description:
A large branched shrub or under-sized tree with entirely glabrous, reddish bark. Leaves
vaginate. Flowers purple or dark pink, sub-sessile. The only species of genus Tamarix
having unisexual flowers, both the sexes on separate trees.
Flowering Period:
May to November.
Habitat:
Found around water bodies or in marshy areas.
Uses:
Gallsand twigs are used asan astringent, in Pakistan, the leaves
form an ingredient of an herbal drug, used against jaundice,
the drug found to be effective, safe and well tolerated by
patients.
Distribution:
Pakistan, Iran, andAfghanistan to Burma.