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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: KAMAL AKHTAR MALIK & ABDUL GHAFOOR
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: Throughout the year.
Type: Lectotype: India, Herb. Linn. (S).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan eastwards to Indo-China and Malesia.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Also grown as a hedge; its bitter quinine-like extract is used as a cure of whooping cough and tuberculosis.
Illustration: Barleria prionitis subsp. prionitis (Illustration)
Map Location: C-7 Bhimbar, Mirpur, 7.1.1958, Jan Mohammad 14 (RAW); G-4 University Campus Karachi, 18.6.1962, Sh. Zaheeruddin Qureshi s.n. (KUH); Karachi University Campus, Dr. Ali’s Residence, Sept. 1965, Saida Qureshi s.n. (KUH); G-5 Sakrand (Sind) 30.3.1964, M.A. Siddiqui 2544 (RAW).

 

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Shrub, up to 1.5 m tall with 7-15 (-18) mm long spines. Leaves mostly up to 8 x 3 cm, rarely up to 17 x 6 cm, glabrous, younger ones occasionally stellate tomentose. Flowers 2.5-4 cm long; bracteoles 10-15 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, as long as bracteole. Corolla pubescent externally. Anthers 2-3 (-3.5) mm long.
 
 
 
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