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Pentatropis spiralis (Forssk.) Decne.

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)

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Contributor Text: S.I. ALI

Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: February.

Type: Type: [N. Yemen] Arabia felix, Ad viam inter Djaliae et Meneisa, Forsskal (C).

Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Arabia and Tropical Africa.

Comment/Acknowledgements: The flowers are used medicinally and the tubers are reportedly, eaten.

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Map Location: C-7 Gujranwala Dist.: Khangah in desert, R.R. Stewart 1454 (RAW); Gujranwala Dist.: Khangah, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 1454 (RAW); Jehlum Dist.: Mangla Dam, Siddiqi 1469 (RAW); Mangla Colony, M.A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 7265 (RAW); Rawalpindi Dist.: Ayub Park, E. Nasir & Siddiqi 94 (RAW); Ayub Park, R.R. Stewart s.n. 29.10.1959 (RAW); Rawalpindi Dist.: Mangla, climbing up a wall, flowers greenish yellow, 5.4.1973, C.C. Townsend 73/352 (K); D-4 Quetta Dist.: Ranikot Quetta, M.G. Koniczny s.n. 7th May, 1967 (KUH); D-6 Mianwali Dist.: Masan (Kalabagh), Sultanul Abedin & M. Qaiser 9322 (KUH); D-8 Lahore Dist.: from Lahore onwards 3 miles before Changa Manga forest road side, Shamina Qasim 85 (RAW); Lahore Punjab, R.R. Stewart 7090 (KUH); Jungle east of Lahore, Sept. 1846, T. Thomson (K); 3 miles from Bhai Phero on way to canal near Baghima S.I. Ali, S.A. Farooqi & Sultanul Abedin 2223 (KUH); F-2 Makran Dist.: In the cultivated field opposite to Rest House Hushab, M. Qaiser, A Raza & Abrar Husain 861 (KUH); Palm Garden, behind Rest House Hoshab, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6566 (KUH); F-4 Dadu Dist.: c. 13.5 miles from Hyderabad-T.M. Khan Road, Sultanul Abedin 3847 (KUH); F-5 Nawabshah Dist.: Sakrand (Sind), M.A. Siddiqi 2546 (RAW); Sanghar Dist.: Near Railway Station Dadu, M. Maqsood 16 (KUH); G-2 Makran Dist.: Palm Garden Turbat, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6532 (KUH); 30 miles from Mund on way to Suntsar, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 254 (KUH); ½ mile from Teejahban Rest House on way to Hoshab, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 6032 (KUH); G-3 Bela Dist.: Uthal, Mohammad Tasnif s.n. 3.10.1959 (KUH); Kalat, Jhal Jhao to Awaran, 400 m, Lamond 326 (E); G-4 Jamidar Ka Landa, near Karachi, J.E. Stocks s.n. 1851 (K); c. 1½ miles from turning towards right before Hub Chowki, Sultanul Abedin 5245 (KUH); Near Ladium Police Station (Dist. Thatta), M. Qaiser & Sultanul Abedin 873 (KUH); 3 miles from Ghulamullah on way to Thatta, Sultanul Abedin 3608 (KUH); 12 miles from Sajawal on way to Thatta, M. Qaiser, A. Raza & Abrar Husain 698 (KUH); 3 miles from Dhabeji on way to Thatta, A. Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Khadija Aziz 16 (KUH); Haleji Trail, Sultanul Abedin 5815 (KUH); Haleji Lake, M. Qaiser 409 (KUH); Haleji Lake, S.I. Ali s.n. 17.12.1958 (KUH); 1 mile N. of Manghopir, S.I. Ali s.n. 4.4.1964 (KUH); University Campus Karachi, Shamim Ahmad s.n. March 1961 (KUH); Karachi Dist.: University Campus Karachi, Miss Amtul Waheed s.n. 25.3.1963 (KUH); Malir, Miss Rais Fatima s.n. 1964 (KUH); Hub River, Miss Perveen Baqai s.n. 18.8.1961 (KUH); University Campus Karachi, Aftab Yusif s.n. 73.1964 (KUH); Malir, Qamar Sultana s.n. 1963 (KUH); Malir, Jamil Ahmed s.n. 14.2.1963 (KUH); University Campus Karachi, Shamim Aisha s.n. 14.4.1963 (KUH); University Campus Karachi, Mahmoodul Hasan Shah s.n. 12.12.1963 (KUH); 3 miles from Gharo on way to Keti, Sultanul Abedin 4144 (KUH); Between Dumloti & Water Reservoir KDA, Abdul Ghafoor, R. Ahmed & Mahmood Ahmad 873 (KUH); G-5 Thatta Dist.: Kalri Lake, Farida Ayub s.n. 24.9.1962 (KUH); 13.5 miles from Hyderabad on way to T.M. Khan along road side, Sultanul Abedin 3844 (KUH); 4 miles before Mirpur Khas Sanghar Road, Sultanul Abedin 4026 (KUH).