Erect shrub ; up to 1 m tall , all parts producing white latex when cut . Stems simple or branched , thinly tomentose . Leaves opposite , 6−12 x 0 . 5−1 . 5 cm , narrowly oblong to narrowly obovate , base obtuse , apex acute , margins entire , often inrolled , glossy green above , paler green below , veins whitish beneath ; petiole 2−3 mm . Inflorescences pendulous in pedunculate , c . 6-flowered umbellate cymes ; pedicels 8−12 mm . Flowers c . 1 . 5 cm in diameter , yellowish-green ; calyx 5-lobed ; lobes 3−4 mm , linear ; corolla lobes 5 , 7−8 mm , ovate , spreading , yellowish-green , glabrous , shortly ciliate on the margins ; corona of 5 oblong segments , lobes as long as broad , dark green , attached to base of staminal column , compressed and infolded , each with a pair of short teeth on inner angles , producing nectar ; pollen in pollinia , pendulous . Fruit follicles , 6−7 cm , single or paired , ovoid , covered with soft bristles , thinly pubescent , many-seeded . Seeds c . 4 x 2 mm , ovate , glabrous , reddish
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Asclepias setosa Forssk.
Gomphocarpus setosus (Forssk.) R.Br. ex Schult.
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Narrow Leaf Cotton Bush
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The various local names for this plant reflect its toxic, unplatable nature: ḥerúm ã ‘ún, 'plant that causes inflammation of the eye' (from its irritant latex) or ĩśenú eţīrīn, 'garden plot of the hyena' (from its growing in stands, as if sown deliberately). It is toxic to livestock, who ignore it, and both the latex and the cotton-like fibres that are blown from the mature seed-pods are said to be irritant to the eye and to the nasal passages, and are consequently avoided, and the plant treated with a certain caution. However, the latex was useful as a hair remover for hides. The whole plant was crushed until the latex was expressed, then the skin side of fresh hide was smeared with the paste, folded over, rolled up and buried, and left for latex to work for a period which varied
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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 *https://treatment.plazi.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. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *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
