Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Boraginaceae
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
English name: Salt heliotrope.
Local name: Lonak, Kharsun.
Description:
A branched glabrous, perennial herb. Stem and branches spreading over the ground
to form mat like appearance, salt-loving, succulent. Leaves smooth without any
indumentum. Flowers minute white, arranged in almost double row in one sided
cyme.
Flowering Period:
March toApril.
Habitat:
Found in saline fine silty to clayey moist soil, sometimes
semi-aquatic.
Uses:
The roots of the plant are ground to powder and applied to
sores and wounds, The plant is mostly used in southwestern
desert of America as drug plant.
Distribution:
Native of tropical America, now widespread in many
parts of the world.