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Published In: Nomenclator Botanicus. Editio secunda 1: 213. 1840. (Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2)) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: Nov.-Dec. at lower elevations.
Type: Type: Arabia Felix, Montis Seddar, Schimper 744 (PRC).
Distribution: Distribution: Africa, S. Arabia, India and Pakistan.
Comment/Acknowledgements: A plant of dry rocky areas of Sind and Baluchistan. Reported by Duthie from Kahuta (C-7 Rawalpindi Dist., vide R.R. Stewart, Fl. Raw. Dist. 105 1958). The plant parts can be used as fodder for sheep. The leaves are diuretic and the seeds are eaten.
Illustration: Boerhavia rubicunda Steud. (Illustration)
Map Location: C-6 Bannu Dist: Bannu, in rocks, A. Rahman 25871 (RAW); D-6 D.I. Khan Dist.: Paniala forest, D.I. Khan, Monsi 9 (RAW); D.G. Khan Dist.: D.G. Khan-Fort Munro, 21 miles, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 9643; 9636 (KUH); Baluchistan: E-4 Kalat Dist.: 11 miles from Awaran, S.I. Ali et al. 1450 (KUH); Jhal jhao to Awaran, in loose shale, J. Lamond 338 (E, RAW); Jhal jao-Bela, Sultanul Abedin 7494 (KUH); Quetta Dist.: E-5 c. 20 miles from Sibi, on way to Quetta, S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 2246 (KUH); 10 miles from Sehwan, on way to Jamshora, S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 2192 (KUH); S. Makran: F-2 Awaran-Hoshab rd., Sultanul Abedin 1464 (KUH) ; c. 4 miles from Hoshab, S.I. Ali et al. 1465 (KUH); Turbat-Hoshab, 30th mile, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6550 (KUH); c. 10 miles from Hoshab, on way to Panjgur, M. Qaiser et al. 1066 (KUH); Pasni-Turbat, 21st mile, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6474; 6488 (KUH); 30 miles from Bela, on way to Awaran, Sultanul Abedin & M. Qaiser 7494 (KUH); 8 miles from Nasirabad, Turbat-Mand rd., on rocky hill lock, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6049 (KUH); Mand-Sunstar. 50th mile, Abdul Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 243 (KUH); Teejahan-Turbat, 3rd mile, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6052 (KUH); Sind, Hyderabad Dist.: G-5 c. 6 miles from T.B. Khan, on way to Hyderabad, M. Qaiser et al. 583; 640 (KUH); Sind, Laki Shah, Jafri 2743 (K); Cholistan, Sept. 1966, S.A. Khan s.n. (PPFI-B).

 

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Perennial, up to 50 cm tall. Stem woody, diffuse, puberulous. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 1.5-6 (-6.5) x 2.5-8mm, sessile or petiole up to 6 mm long. Scapes dichotomous, glabrous, slender above. Flowers 2 mm long. Involucral bracts linear, 1.5-2 mm long, deciduous; bract ovate, c. 1 mm long, villous. Pedicel 2-3 mm long, very slender. Perianth campanulate, pink, embedded with raphides. Stamens 3, included; filaments 1.5 mm long, slender, connate at the base. Ovary more or less ovoid, c. 1 mm long, enclosed in the persistent lower half of the perianth; style c. 1.8 mm long. Anthocarp narrow to oblong-clavate, c. 3 mm long, 5-ribbed, puberulous in the furrows.
 
 
 
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