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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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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: February-April.
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Type:
Syntypes: Hab. in alpe Kuh-Daënar (Kuh-e-Dinar) Kotschy 620; prope urbe Schiraz, Kotschy 323.
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Distribution:
Distribution: Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, India and Central Asia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
According to Görz (Feddes Rep. 28: 113-130. 1930) S. acmophylla hybridizes with S. alba.
Bark is reported to be a febrifuge (Kitikar & Basu, Ind. Med. Pl. ed. 2. 3: 2363. 1935).
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Map Location:
A-7 Chitral Relief Expedition, Bundai, 4000 ft, 11.5 (18)95, Harriss 16644 (K); B-6 Chitral, Drosh, 4500 ft, April 1908, S.M. Toppin 111(K); Chitral, Ashreth, 22.5. 1895, Harriss 16645 (K); Brir to Brir Nisar, 2.5.1971, A.R. Beg (PPFI), Chitral village at edge of irrigation channel, 5000 ft, tree, 30 ft, inflorescence pale yellow, 10.4.1958, J.D.A. Stainton 2166 (BM); B-7 Lower Hazara, Baldher, c. 1500 ft, soil stony, tree, c. 15 ft, catkins pale-green, common, 19.3.1978, Muqarrab Shah & Dilawar 529 (ISL); Hazara, Qalandarabad, c. 3500 ft, tree, c. 15 ft, common, catkin green, 7.4.1978, Faiqah Ghafur Bhopal 895 (ISL); Plandri, Poonch, soil clayey, large shrub, about 15 ft, flowers yellow-white, 20.4.1979, Bashir Ahmad, Javaid 44 (ISL); Garhi Habibullah, c. 3000 ft, tree, c. 25 ft, catkin white, common on road side, 23.4.1978, Muqarrab Shah & Dilawar Khan 1654 (ISL); Abottabad, 4.4.1953, I. Husain (PPFI); Paloza-Falakser near Ushu, 7500 ft, river side, common, leaves usually smaller, 19.7.1957, M.S. Zahur (RAW); Swat, Khawaja Khel, c. 3000 ft, April 1954, S. Ali 27369 (RAW); Dist. Muzaffarabad, Kaninan, Tandali, c. 2500 ft, April 1970, Jan Mohammad (RAW); Phagola, 30 miles from Mansehra, c. 3000 ft, tree about 15 ft, in fruit, common on road side, 20.4.1978, Muqarrab Shah & Dilawar Khan 1507 (ISL); Abottabad, 4200 ft, road side, April 1935, R.R. Stewart 14634 (RAW); C-6 Kalabagh, bank of Indus river, 28.3.1957, A.H. Khan 27 (PPFI); Mianwali Dist., Kalabagh, 6.3.1977, Shahzad & Dilawar 134 (ISL); Peshawar, 1944, Sher Ahmad Lodhi 244, 245 (RAW); Peshawar, M.A. Ali Mad./60 (PPFI); Peshawar, 24.3.1940, Baldhev Raj 19375 (RAW); Kurram valley, Shahizan, 19.5.1879, J.E.T. Aitchison 365 (K); Kurram valley Sadatkalla, 8.4.1879, J.E.T.Aitchison 64 (K); C-7 Kotli, c. 3000 ft, 20.4.1954, R.R. Stewart 27316 (BM; RAW) Nakial, near Kotli, 5000 ft, 21.4.1954, R.R. Stewart 27328 (BM; RAW); Azad Kashmir, Nar, beyond Mirpur, ± 3000 ft, 18.4.1954, R.R.Stewart 27285 (BM); Hazara, Haripur, on canal side, tree, c. 30-40 ft, catkin greenish pale, 9.3.1978, Muqarrab Shah & Dilawar Khan 144 (ISL); Attock Dt., Tanaza Dam Khan Muriat, common, near water, tree, fls. in green catkins, 29.3.1978, Shahzad, Iqbal & Maqsood 132 (ISL); Rawalpindi, Khanna, 3.4.1976, Iqbal Dar, Arif, Lal Hussain 88 (ISL); Rawalpindi Dist., 5 miles from Murree to Barian, tree, c. 15 ft, in fruit, 24.4.1977, Ayaz Abbasi (ISL); Islamabad, c. 2200 ft, 3.4.1975, Iqbal Dar, Anjum Amin & Collectors 228 (ISL); Hasan Abdal, tree, c. 15-20 ft, in spike, 11.4.1978, A. Saboor, Nisar, Akram & Wali 158 (ISL) Hasan Abdal, c. 1700 ft, 1.4.1922, R.R. Stewart 7024 (RAW); Bagh, 17.4.1952, R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23706 (RAW); Murree, 21.3.1951, Shah Zaman Choudhry 25 (RAW); Saidpur, 23.3.1952, Mohd. Hanif 27 (RAW); Attock, tree, fls. yellowish, near white, 8.3.1978, Faiqah Ghafur Bhopal 1798 (ISL) Ghoragali, 24.3.1951, A.H. Khan (PPFI); Rawalpindi, 27.7.1872, J.E.T. Aitchison 1113 (K); Rawalpindi, Kotli, near Lehtrar, tree, common c. 20 ft, fls. green, 30.4.1978, Faiqah Ghafoor Bhopal 90(ISL); Islamabad, Chattar-Broha Road, c. 2300 ft, 16.3.1984, Yasin J. Nasir & R. Akhtar 10719 (ISL); Rawalpindi, Tehsil Kahuta, Danohi, 1380 m, 26.3.1938, R.N. Parker 3416; 3417 (K); Azad Kashmir, Poonch, Bagh, 10.3.1953, A. Rashid (RAW); C-8 Poonch, Rawalkot, ± 5000 ft, cult. tree, 24.4.1953, R.R.Stewart 25508 (BM); D-4 Quetta, 5600 ft, 4.4.1988, J.H. Lace 3516 (E); Quetta Road to Urak, road side tree, sweet scent of lemon, c. 1800 m, 31.3.1965, Jennifer Lamond 182 (E); Peshin, 5100 ft, 29.10.1887, J.H. Lace 4088 (E); Quetta Dist., Urak to Hunna, soil stony, tree c. 20 ft, near water, common, 21.5.1976, Iqbal Dar & M. Arif 569 (ISL); near Quetta, 5-6000 ft, 2.10.1957, R.R. Stewart 28157 (RAW); Baluchistan, Peshin, 17.3.1889, J.H. Lace (K); Quetta, Hazargaji, tree c. 25 ft, common, soil stony, in fruit, 14.4.1978, Manzoor Hussain 420 (ISL); Quetta, Suijawi, 16.4.1886, J.H. Lace 24, 25(K); D-6 Punjab, salt range, 1870, J.E.T. Aitchison 17 (K); D-6 Mianwali Dist., Indus bank, Kalabagh, sandy soil, tree c. 22-25 ft, fls. in green catkins, 24.3.1978, Mir Ajab & Ayaz Abbasi 633 (ISL); E-4 Kalat, 9.5.1963, M.A. Siddiqi 2011 (RAW).
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Large shrub or small tree, branches glabrous with irregular, mainly vertical cracks, young branches hairy. Leaves 5-16 cm long, (5)-7-20 mm wide, linear lanceolate, acute-acuminate, entire or serrulate, green and glabrous above, pale beneath, silky when young. Petiole 2.5-9 mm long. Stipules minute, caducous. Flowers appearing after the leaves. Male catkin 1.5-4-(5) cm long, on short leafy shoots; peduncle 8-12 mm long, rachis villous. Bracts 1.5-2 mm long, ovate or oblong, villous, tip subacute. Stamens 4-6, filaments free, woolly towards base, anthers pale yellow. Disc of 2 yellow glands. Female catkin c. 2-2.5 cm long, on short leafy shoots, peduncle c. 2-3 mm, rachis villous, bracts as in the male catkin, disc opposite the bract, semi-annular, yellow; stipe 2-3 times the length of the gland. Ovary glabrous, style < 0.5 mm, stigmas 2. Fruiting catkin 2.5-5 cm long. Capsule ovoid, 3-5.5 mm, glabrous, stipe 0.4-1.8 (-2.5) mm long.
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