A tall bushy herb or shrub ; up to 1 m tall . Stems woody based , herbaceous above , green , glabrous to puberulous . Leaves , opposite , up to 6 × 15 cm , sessile , dark green , broadly lanceolate , apex acute , base tapering into a short petiole , margins entire , glabrous to pubescent . Inflorescences borne between dense bright green bracts , 10–11 mm , on an upright terminal spike . Flowers greenish-white ; calyx 3–7 mm ; corolla greenish to pale yellow-green , tubular , lobed above ; tube ± 25 mm ; lobes 13–18 mm , the lower 3 spreading , upper lobe emarginate . Fruit , capsule , 18–24 mm , glabrous , 2-seeded . Seeds large , green with a lumpy surface . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Justicia viridis Forssk.
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Blue Fox Tail
Green Shrimp Plant
Known as a fodder given for livestock especially camels. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*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 *https://casabio.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. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
