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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: S. I. ALI & SHER WALI KHAN
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: October-November
Type: Type: Roxb. Illustr. No. 1825 (Sealy in Kew Bull.: 312. 1956).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Malakand, Kohat, Waziristan, Rawalpindi); Kashmir and India (Kumaon).
Comment/Acknowledgements: Tuberous roots are used as demulcent and tonic; said to be useful in diarrhoea, dysentery and general weakness (Kirtikar & Basu, revised by Blatter, Cains & Bhaskar, Ind. Medicinal Plants 4; 2501. 1991).
Map Location: B-6 Malakand, 1807, H. Deane (K); B-9 Kashmir, Thanna Mandi to Rajaori, Oct. 1880, A. P. Young s. n. (BM); C-6 in petrosis c. 2000 ft., Kohat, 1879, J. R.Drummond 3016C (K); in dit. Kohat, c. 2000 ft, April 1879, J. R. Drummond 868 (K); C-7 Kashmir, Rajaori to Navashabra, Oct. 1880, A. P. Young s.n. (BM); Kashmir, Rajauri, Punch via Kotli to Islamabad 4000-2000 ft, 10-15.11.1856, Schlagintweit 12569 (BM); Nurpur, Rawalpindi Dist., 2000 ft, 2.4.1938, R. R. Stewart 16281 (RAW); Saidpur, Rawalpindi Dist., 3000 ft, April, 1930, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Punch via Kotli to Islamabad, 2000-4000 ft, Rajauri Province, 10-15 November 1856, herb. Schlagintweit 12569 (BM); Rawalpindi, 10.9.1871, J. E. T. Aitchison 557 (K); Mt. Tilla, Jhelum, March 1871, J. E. T. Aitchison 1123 (K); ad clivos apicos, c. 2000 ft, in dit. Jhelam ad mt. Tilla Jogianwala, 19.10.1902, leg. Kabir, ex Herb. J. R. Drummond 14737 (K); Margalla Top, Islamabad, 30.3.1983, E. Nasir 9861 (RAW); Margalla Hills, Islamabad, 3.10.1983, Y. Nasir & Khan 10512 (RAW); Margalla Hills, 17.10.1988, Rubina Akhtar s. n. (RAW); Nurpur, Rawalpindi Dist., 2000 ft, 2.4.1938, R. R. Stewart 16281 (RAW); Saidpur, Rawalpindi Dist., 3000 ft, April 1930, R. R. Stewart s. n. (RAW); Bala Gola, New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, ± 2000 ft, Jan Mohammad s. n. (RAW); C-8 Kashmir, Poonch, 22.11.1847, J. E. Winterbottom 1043 (K).

 

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Roots tuberous. Suberect, tall, subshrub, young branches ash grey to white, branchlets grooved. Spine c. 8-12(-15) mm long, woody. Cladodes many, frequently 5-20, filiform, terete, ascending or erect or recurved, 10-25 mm long. Inflorescence 4-6 cm long raceme. Pedical up to 6 mm long, articulated below or in the middle. Flowers bisexual. Perianth 3 x 2 mm, obtuse. Filaments up to 2 mm, attached to the base of perianth. Ovary 2 x 1 mm, narrow towards the base, style upto 0.6 mm, stigma trilobed, lobes up to 1 mm. Berry dark red, 4-5 mm in diameter.
 
 
 
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