Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Acanthaceae
Barleria acanthoides Vahl.
(Syn: Barleriacanthus acanthoides Oerst.)
English name:
Local name: Kandar wari booti.
Description:
A small grayish pubescent low growing spiny shrub with many branches, 60 cm tall,
stem base woody and hard. Flowers white with long narrow tube, opening in night
and falling in the morning.
Flowering period:
September to February.
Habitat:
Atough xerophyte, mostly found in hot dry gravel, stony
and rocky areas.
Uses:
The leaves used as alternative and in fever and catarrh.
The plant is used as fodder for goats and camels.
Distribution:
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Pakistan,Northwest
India and Djibouti.
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