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(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Contributor Text:
S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: December - March.
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Distribution:
Distribution: Arabia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Map Location:
B-6 Malakand Pass, R.R. Stewart 27523 (RAW); Ali Masjid, Landhi Kotal, Farrukh Hussain 7196 (RAW); B-7 Dargai, Mardan, Shaukat Ali 26108 (RAW); Between Jahangira and Khairabad, Rawalpindi, S. M. A. Kazmi 3076 (PES); C-6 Peshawar, S. M. A. Kazmi 388 (KUH); Peshawar: Khyber Pass, Halero-Johnston 134 (E); Hanga Plains, Kohat, A. Rahman 25919 (RAW), C-7 Attock Dist.: Near Campbellpur, R. R. Stewart 13602 (RAW); Attock, M. A. Siddiqui 2690 (RAW); Attock, E. Nasir 19318 (RAW); D-5 Loralai Plains, S. M. H. Jafri 2288 (KUH); Lorali, Mohindar Nath 6013 (RAW); D-6 Mianwali Dist.: Along Nammal lake, M. A. Siddiqui & Y. Nasir 6964 (RAW); E-3 Chagai, c. 120 km E. Nokkundi, Lamond 138 (E); E-5 Sibi, Lace 3671 (E); F-2 10 miles from Panjgur on way to Nag, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6770 (KUH); 51½ miles from Hushab on way to Punjgur, S. I. Ali., S. A. Faroogi & S. Abedin 2007 (KUH); F-5 10 miles from Sehwan on way to Hyderabad, S. Nazimuddin, S. Abedin & M. Qaiser 30 (KUH); 27 miles from Surab on way to Khuzdar, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 7135 (KUH); Dadu Dist.: Nai Gaj, Nazimuddin, S. Abedin & M. Qaiser 111 (KUH); Sehwan; 4.11.1960 S.A. Kheri s.n. (KUH); 1 mile before Shah Hasan along road side, S. A. Farooqui & Sultanul Abedin 335 (KUH); F-5 13 miles from Kashmoor on way to Rojhan, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 9539 (KUH); G-2 10 miles from Panjgur on way to Nag, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6770 (KUH); 10 miles from Nasirabad on way to Turbat, Mund Road, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6180 (KUH); 25 miles from Teejahban, on way to Turbat, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6086 (KUH); 12 miles form Mund on way to Turbat, S. I. Ali & S. A. Farooqi & S. Abedin 1966 (KUH); G-3 10 miles from Uthal on way to Bela, M. Qaiser 714 (KUH); 16 miles from Bela on way to Awaran, Sultanul Abedin and Abrar Husain 5919 (KUH); 4 miles from Awarn on way to Husharb, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 5970 (KUH); Jhal Jhao, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 5943 (KUH); G-4 50 miles from Karachi towards Hyderabad, M. Qaiser & Saida Qaiser 4240 (KUH); Dhabeji, 1.12.1960 Mr. Zubair Ahmad (KUH); Thana Bulla Khan, S. I. Ali 20.2.1959 (KUH); Karachi to Dadu, Thano Bula Khan to Kotri, Lamond 819 (E); 23 miles before Thana Bulla Khan (via direct route), S. I. Ali & Farooqi 1560 (KUH), Hamgoat near Malir, Karachi, 11.2.1969 Saida Qureshi s.n (KUH); Near Darshan Chana, Karachi, 4.4.1956 S.1. Ali s.n. (KUH); Hub River 6.11.1962 S. M. Murtaza s.n. (KUH), 10 miles before Thana Bulla Khan, S. M. H. Jafri 3673 (KUH); 6 miles from Gadap on way to Karachi, M. Qaiser & Saida Qureshi 4206 (KUH). Jamshoro, Hyderabad July 1, 1958 Mr. Mushtaq Husain s.n. (KUH).
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A stout erect evergreen shrub. Leaves linear-lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, spirally arranged, yellow and thick when dry, sessile, entire, tapering at both ends, 7.5-10 x 1-2 cm, glabrous or puberulous on midrib beneath, lateral nerves obscure, sessile. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, of peducled shortly branched cyme, peduncle c. 2.5 cm long, pubescent. Flowers c. 3.5 mm across, fragrant, white, bract foliaceous, bracteoles subulate-lanceolate, acute, c. 2.5 mm long. Calyx deeply divided, lobes ovate, acute-acuminate, long. Corolla 1-1.6 cm long, dialated above the middle; lobes c. 2.5 mm long, ovate, acute spreading. Disc cup-shaped. Style c. 3 mm long, filiform, stigma shortly bibbed, rounded. Follicles 2, 5-7 x 0.5 cm, straight or slightly curved, pale brown in colour, glabrous, striated. Seeds c. 6 mm long, brown, rugose, shortly winged.
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