Perennial , thistle-like herb ; up to 40 cm tall . Stems erect to decumbent to trailing , branching from the base , puberulous . Leaves opposite or apparently in whorls of 4 , 16–60 × 2–5 mm , grey-green above , whitish beneath , linear-oblong , sessile , apex with a small mucro at the tip , margins entire , scabridulous above , glabrous beneath ; bracts overlapping , with a recurved spiny tip ; bracteoles softly spiny , sericeous . Inflorescences in congested erect spikes 4–20-flowered , in the forks of branches ; peduncle 5–50 mm . Flowers white with purple veins ; calyx of 4 unequal lobes , sericeous ; dorsal 12–18 mm , 5–7-veined from base , broadly elliptic-ovate , apex (1–)3-toothed ; ventral 8–12 mm , 2-toothed ; lateral 6–8 mm , ovate ; corolla white with purple veins , 15–20 cm long , 1-lipped , flat with 3 obtuse lobes , glabrous beneath ; corolla united basally to form a short tube ± 4 mm ; stamens 4 , attached at the mouth of the corolla tube . Fruit capsule , 6–7 mm long , ovoid , flattened , glabrous .
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Frequent
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Acanthodium grossum Wight
Blepharis edulis sensu T.Anderson (1867) non (Forssk.) Pers. (1806)
Blepharis linariaefolia sensu C.B.Clarke (1899), p.p.
Miller & Morris, Pl. Dhofar: 8 (1988)
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Bhangari
The main importance of these small plants was in the treatment of fresh wounds and cuts, as a haemostatic and as a disinfectant. The plants were commonly used to treat the wounds of circumcision. The dried seed head was scorched at the fire, then pounded to a fine powder which was applied around and over the wound to arrest the bleeding. A paste made from the fresh, green heads was also used to treat cuts and lacerations anywhere on the body, but only when these were fresh – older or infected wounds were treated with different remedies. The foliage and fruit of the plant are highly regarded as fodder, especially for goats. (Ref. Plants of Dhofar). Treatment of fresh wounds and cuts, as a haemostatic and as disinfectant. It is used to treat the wounds of circumcision also, the dried seed used to arrest the bleeding. (Ref. Flora of Oman;
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*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://www.efloras.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
