Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

The Floral Guide is a first of its kind document, compiled specifically on Indus Ecoregion.
The inventory of flora in this book includes key information on each taxon.
The Guide confirms the ecological and biological diversity of the region. It will not only be
valuable for botanists or plant related scientists, but will also be important for social
scientists such as geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and plant lovers.
Additionally, this Guide is useful as a reference book for organizations such as herbarium.
Illustrations and photographs of plant species will be a great help for identification of plant
species.
The book is certainly a benchmark work on floral diversity of this region. A number of
research projects can be launched based on the information in the Guide, such as
faunastic biodiversity profile, integrating floral composition of Indus Ecoregion, ethnopharmacological
survey and seed bank.
It is a great effort by Indus for All Programme WWF - Pakistan.
Dr. Ghulam Raza Bhatti
PhD (University of London), Presidential Award (Izaz-i-Fazeelat)
Director (Botanical Gardens and Herbarium), Professor (Botany)
Shah Latif University
Khairpur
The general introduction setting out of scope of the work together with a historical
background of Sindh is really good. It provides brief but comprehensive information on
climate, Physiography, demographic profile, historical sites of Sindh and details of
different ecosystem.
The need for a comprehensive floral guide has been felt since long, and here at least it is
the beginning to appear.
The Floral Guide Indus Ecoregion, developed under the Indus for All Programme, WWF –
Pakistan provides brief description of species, distribution, flowering period, uses, habitat,
local and English names and distribution maps are also given.
Most of the species are clearly illustrated except in a few cases. Appropriate synonymy is
also listed; there is a glossary of botanical terms used in the text.
The book has reasonable scientific value, with a good practical outlook. In some cases
the description of species is very short. My criticism is of very minor importance, in
comparison with the excellence of the Floral Guide.
Floral Guide is prepared under the guidance of Dr. Ghulam Akbar a leading ecologist,
Team Leader of the Indus for All Programme, WWF – Pakistan for whom I have great
respect and admiration. This book will prove to be vital for ecologists, botanists and the
conservationists concerned with study of plants and conservation of the Indus Ecoregion.
Professor Muhammad Tahir Rajput
Dean,
Faculty of Natural Sciences,
University of Sindh, Jamshooro