Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Acanthaceae
Blepharis sindica Stocks ex T. Anders.
English name: Blepharis.
Local name: Asad, Bhangari.
Description:
A dichotomously branched, prostrate under-shrub with greenish-hairy and woody
stem. Leaves elongated and narrow and flowers purple with very short tube and
three lobed corolla, arranged in strobilus-like spikes with spiny bracts.
Flowering Period:
July to November.
Habitat:
Usually found in rocky or sandy places.
Uses:
The seeds are used as a tonic when boiled in milk, the
plant or seeds are also used as a cure for earache.
The plant is consider very good fodder, it increase milk
quality and quantity in livestock.
Distribution:
Endemic to southern Pakistan (Sindh, Balochistan).