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Common Names
Javasa, Turanjanbin, Persian manna plant, Camel Thorn
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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Alhagi maurorum Medik.
FAMILY
Fabaceae Lindl.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
OTHER FAMILY:
Papilionaceae
TRIBE
Faboideae
SUBTRIBE
Hedysareae
GENUS
Alhagi Gagnebin
SPECIES
maurorum Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2:397. 1787
Plant Description
Undershrub, 60-100 cm tall, glabrous or pubescent. Leaf simple, 10-25 mm long, 3-8 mm broad, obovate or elliptic-oblong, glabrous or pubescent, entire, apiculate; petiole c. 2 mm; stipules minute. Inflorescence lateral axillary racemes 1-5 cm long, ending in spine. Pedicel 1-3 mm, with 1-2 minute bracteoles. Calyx 2-2.5 mm, glabrous, teeth almost obsolete to triangular. Corolla 6-9 mm long, pink or reddish - violet. Fruit 19-34 mm long, 2-3mm dorab, glabrous, more or less constricted between the seeds, 1-9-seeded.
Flowering: : April-September.
The sticky exudate from this plant is sold in the local Indian herbal markets as Turanjanbin
NLAM BLOG DATA
- The sticky exudate from this plant is sold in the local Indian herbal markets as Turanjanbin