Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Scrophulariaceae
Lindenbergia indica (L.) Vatke.
English name:
Local name: Urdu- Bhinta-chatti.
Description:
An annual, erect herb, often villous and woody at the base, reaches at a height of 8-30 cm.
Leaves soft hairy sub-rounded (very variable in shape and size). Flowers small, bright
yellow in terminal spikes. Fruit many seeded.
Flowering Period:
February to October.
Habitat:
Prefers stony soil, hill slopes, also in dry stream beds.
Uses:
The juice of the plant is administered in chronic bronchitis,
and mixed with coriander applied to skin eruptions.
Distribution:
The plant is distributed fromAbyssinia toAfghanistan, India
and Pakistan.