Clump-forming succulent perennial herb ; up to 1 . 5 m tall , forming large clumps . Stems sparsely branched , conspicuously 4-angled , rib margins dentate , the angles thin and flattened , appearing H-shaped in cross-section , grey-green . Leaves ovate . Inflorescences in apical umbellate of many flowers , 5–10 cm across ; pedicels ± 4 . 5 cm . Flowers dark brown to black-purple ; calyx 5-lobed almost to base , lobes narrowly triangular ; corolla dark brown to black-purple , not fleshy , 20–30 mm across , rotate , 5-lobed to half the length , strongly rugulose , glabrous to densely pubescent ; lobes spreading , ovate , acute ; corona in 2 series: outer corona lobes dark purple , erect , bifid to the base with 2 narrow segments , pubescent ; inner lobes incumbent over the staminal column ; pollinia solitary in each anther locule , ascending . Fruit follicles , paired . Seeds 8–9 x 4–5 mm , ovate , winged , with a tuft of white hairs at the tip . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Caralluma retrospiciens (Ehrenb.) N.E.Br.
Ceropegia retrospiciens (Ehrenb.) Bruyns
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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://oro.open.ac.uk *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
