Cultivated
Annual herb ; up to 80 cm high , with non-swollen root . Stems erect , ridged , green or reddish . Leaves 2–10 x 1–5 cm , somewhat succulent , glabrous ; basal leaves in a rosette , ovate to ovate-cordate ; cauline leaves ovate-deltoid , apex acute to apiculate , margins entire , sinuate ; petioles 5–15 mm . Inflorescences in interrupted , leafy spikes , in clusters of 1-3 , usually branched . Flowers small , green , urn-shaped ; perianth segments 5 , fused at the base , fleshy , indurate in fruit ; stamens 5 , placed at the rim of a perigynous disc ; ovary fused to the receptacle and base of perianth . Fruit globose , fleshy or indurate . Seeds black , glossy , reticulate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Beta maritima L.
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Beet
Sea Beet
Garden Beet
Beetroot
Sugar Beet
Fodderbeet
Mangelwurzel
Leaf Beet
Chard
Spinach Beet
Not used traditionally.
*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://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *https://en.wiktionary.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. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
