Twining perennial herb ; up to 4(-5) m tall , with clear latex . Stems twining , slender , much-branched , yellowish-green , glabrous or glabrescent ; older stems with rough corky bark . Leaves opposite , 1−5 x 0 . 4−3 cm , petiolate , fleshy especially when growing in dry saline habitats , pale green , narrow oblong to oblong to oblong-ovate , apex obtuse with a mucro , base rounded to somewhat cordate , margins entire , grey-green , glabrous . Inflorescences in small clusters at the leaf nodes ; pedicel 1−1 . 5 cm . Flowers bisexual , regular , pale yellow or pale grrnish yellow , giving a spidery appearance ; calyx 5-lobed , lobes 2−3 mm , triangular , acute ; corolla pale yellow to greenish-yellow , 5-lobed ; lobes 6−10 mm , linear-oblong , spreading , the ends spiralling , glabrous outside , minutely pubescent inside ; corona greenish , in one series , of 5 laterally compressed segments alternating with the corolla lobes , attached towards the top of the staminal column ; segments with an acute incurved tip ; stamens united to form a column ; pollinia single in
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Asclepias forsskalii Schult.
Asclepias nivalis J.F.Gmel.
Asclepias nivea Forssk.
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White Milkweed
In the Central Desert, the pods loved by kids as well as animals. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Pentatropis nivalis is to be seen twining and cork-screwing all over Acacia bushes after rain, sometimes forming a dense mat over the flat top of these trees under which it most commonly roots. The edible pods grow to quite a large size, but become fibrous once they grow much beyond two inches. Monsoon-affected Dhofar is too rich in alternative wild foodstuffs for the pods of this plant to have been very important in that area, but in the drier or desert great delicacy that brke the monotony of a fairly restricted diet. In these areas the fruits were a not uniportant food source, and were collected with great enthusiasm. Nor are they easy to collect, since the fruit are only to be found buried
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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 *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. *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
