species native southwest asia levant iran pakistan northwestern india northeast africa egypt plant equal sided silky texture fruits typically inches long contain seven brownish seeds species typically grows areas soils relatively deep especially semi arid areas slight hills known toxic goats treat nasal congestion wounds bone wider impact humans assessed leaves plants hot drinks parts description plant somewhat wedge shaped equal sided silky texture mid rib usually folded characterized parallel transverse veins fruits typically inches long contain seven brownish seeds plant displays purple flowers season described attractive month january typically grows height grow mountains altitude reported roots deep penetrating soils depth metres aiding absorption moisture soil moisture stored roots protected thin water storage enables growth reproduction times drought allow thrive arid semi arid conditions survive winter summer months times low rainfall roots grow faster rate shoots early stage plant displaying shoot length roots length proposed treatment subspecies noted regional variations plants egypt possibly producing smaller pods leaves plants having densely spreading hairs features described subspecies nominate subspecies somewhat longer pods wider range quantity seeds pod generally low generally pods curved upwards downwards having lateral veins taxonomy names plant initially named moved genus treatment subspecies called proposed treatment accepted plant list international database information service treated single species finding previous descriptions agree characters distinction typical forms difficult authorities revised classification parts southern species carries vernacular known arabs written arabic language area egypt referred known parts traditional use making referred egyptian distribution ecology species recorded northeast african nations egypt western asian nations iran israel jordan saudi_arabia including island south asian nations india pakistan india documented western states species cited desert typically grows areas soils relatively deep especially semi arid areas slight hills saudi_arabia found scattered species edges slopes lakes documented sources egypt stated found found cultivated fields valleys east south opposite israel grows dead sea valley hills areas tends grow desert example found miles northeast island coast typically found lowland plains altitudes sea level metres soils 2000s analysis vegetation woodlands northern species found found inhabits desert dominates beds mountains cited seeds plant reportedly favourite inhabiting desert northern butterfly known feed allowed landscape parts middle_east especially lower altitudes species known toxic goats study published early 1980s revealed goats died days daily oral shoots fresh dried displayed adverse reactions weakness limbs joints causing instability movement changes fat composition heart lungs extracted seeds plant caused complete mortality applied concentration hours uses species noted commonly cultivated purpose 1800s plant known medicinal properties significant anti properties leaves root treat wounds bone countries like ground leaves reduce nasal congestion boiled water bark mixed water poured ears alleviate leaves paste treating wounds limbs conjunction treat people affected consumed raw boiled leaves numerous plants hot drinks parts doctors warn potentially harmful humans fully analyzed assess wider impact health dried leaves found contain moisture crude protein crude fiber ash chemical analysis found contains extract aerial revealed seven new including researchers published findings chemical investigation leaves found contained new named study revealed extracted aerial parts effect cancer cell lines
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