Erect perennial herb ; up to 20 cm high , arising from a swollen rootstock , all parts producing white latex when cut . Stems annual , pubescent , reddish-brown ; rootstock subglobose , c . 6 cm in diameter x c . 3 cm deep , brownish white . Leaves opposite , appearing as a whorl of 4 at first , 2 . 6−4 x 1 . 3−2 cm , elliptic to obovate to oblong-ovate , apex acute to obtuse , base cuneate , margins entire , ciliate , pubescent , veins reddish-brown , green above , pale green to reddish tinged beneath ; petiole 4−10 mm . Inflorescences terminal , well exceeding the upper leaves , dichotomously branched below , corymbose above ; pedicels 1−2 mm ; bracts oblong , green with pale margin , 1-3 x 0 . 5-0 . 75 mm . Flowers 1 cm across , white with pinkish purple central stripe ; corolla tube 1 mm , lobes erect , 5−8 mm , oblong-obovate , spreading , white with purple central stripe , greenish at the base , pubescent outside , glabrous inside ; corona lobes brownish-purple with green tips , 4−6 mm , linear-oblong , fused to the
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This plant grows in rock and stony areas, especially among the cliffs and rocks of the headlands which recieve much of the monsoon cloud and mist. It has become increasigly hard to find in the last few years, and the larger speciemens have become extremely rare. It flowers at the very end of the summer season at, or just before, the first rains, the purple-tinged leaves only appearing later. The tuber was formerly commonly found growing to the size of a large sweet potato, but specimens found nowadays rarely exceed finger-size. The whole of the underground rootstock is edible, and this root system can be very extensive. Once exposed the swollen rootstock is carefully dug up and peeled - the outer skin slipping off easily - and the glistening white flesh revealed. It is even more highly prized than Cibirhiza dhofarensis,
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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. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
