Densely clump-forming succulent perennial herb ; up to 30(-40) cm high . Stems erect , branching from the base , 4-angled in cross-section , grey-green to purple-brown , with crenate margins . Leaves absent , rudiments ovate-deltoid . Inflorescences in apical umbels , with 30–40 flowers ; pedicels 1 . 5–3 mm . Flowers with a carrion-like smell , dark purple-red ; calyx 5-lobed almost to base , lobes 2−3 mm , triangular ; corolla dark purple-red , campanulate , 7–10 mm across , 5-lobed ; lobes ovate , without clavate hairs at the tips ; gynostegium shortly stipitate , 1 . 5–2 mm long ; corona in 2 series , dark reddish-purple ; outer corona lobes erect , somewhat horn-shaped ; inner lobes incumbent on the anthers ; pollinia solitary in each anther locule , ascending . Fruit follicles , 6–9 cm , paired , erect , ovoid , acute , glabrous . Seeds with a tuft of white hairs at the tip . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Endemic (EN) - Global Assessment
Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Ceropegia impostor (Jonkers) Bruyns
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Known as a useful treatment for diabetic and blood pressure. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2015) wrote that: "As for D. arabica, the stems are used in traditional medicine". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.3).
*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://oro.open.ac.uk *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *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. *Jonkers, H. (2010). Desmidorchis impostor spec. nov (Apocynaceae; Asclepiadoideae; Ceropegieae), a not-so-new, new stapeliad from northern Oman. Bradleya. 28. 67-78. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
