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Contributor Text: S. I. Ali & Sher Wali Khan

Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: March-August

Type: Lectotype: ‘Scinde, Jemidar Ka Landa, near Kurrachee, 1851, J. E. Stocks 441 (K).

Baker (l.c.) has cited two specimens along with the original description, Stocks 441 and Dalzell 59. Stocks 441 is selected as the Lectotype.

Distribution: Distribution: Endemic to Pakistan (Sindh and Baluchistan).

Comment/Acknowledgements: A fodder for camels and goats; eaten by bustards also (Burkill, I. H., Working List Flow. Pl. Baluchistan: 73. 1909).

Map Location: G-2 Pasni (sand dunes) herb 30 cm high, 10.2.1969, S. I. Ali et al. 732 (KUH); G-4 Karachi, Drigh Road, stony ground, plant 1-1½ ft, dense, cladodes furrowed, flowers white, solitary axillary, common, 31.7.1958, S. M. H. Jafri 2467 (K, KUH); Clifton, calcarious sandy slopes near Mazar, fruits red, 20.4.1956, S. M. H. Jafri 1409 (KUH); G-5 Dist. Thatta, Haleji, 17.12.1958, Ali 260 (KUH); Ghulamullah hills, grows on calcarious hills, semi-erect shrub up to 30 cm tall, infrequent plant, 7.12.2007, Jan Alam & Saleem 4133, 4128, 4125, 4120 (KUH); F-4 Hub River Road near Baldia Colony, Karachi, 11.1.1959, S. I. Ali & party 278 (KUH); Somniani, on sandy hills, flowers white, 16.8.1969, Sultanul Abedin 3690 (KUH); Hauxbay, Karachi, 5.1.1964, Abdul Waheed s. n. (KUH); 1 mile before Hub Dam (roadside), 15.10.1980, Surayya Khatoon & M. Ahmed 98 (KUH); near Light House Cape Monse, flowers whitish yellow, 23.8.1984, Rizwan Yusuf 1 (KUH); Near Hub Dam, rocky slopes, erect branched shrub up to 50 cm tall, 25.01.2008, Jan Alam & Saleem 4149 (KUH); F-2 Makran, Aghore, erect perennial herb, ± 1-2 m tall, flowers white, 2.3.1990, M. Qaiser et al. 8217 (KUH).