Annual or perennial herb ; up to 30 cm high . Stems prostrate to decumbent , much branched , somewhat succulent , glabrous to minutely papillose . Leaves opposite , 10–25×8–17 mm , ovate to elliptic , apex obtuse ; petiole expanding at the base , forming scarious wings . Inflorescences in axillary clusters , sessile or subsessile . Flowers pale green to purple ; calyx c . 2 mm , lobes with white hyaline margins ; petals absent ; stamens 5 ; ovary truncate , with a shallow apical depression . Fruit capsule , 1 . 5–2mm , globose , depressed above , reddish-brown , dehiscing bya 2-valved lid , 4-seeded . Seeds c . 1 . 7 mm diameter , black , irregularly ribbed . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Trianthema pentandrum L.
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Five-Stamen Horse Purslane
African Purslane
Not recorded yet.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://casabio.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *http://www.efloras.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
