Aristolochia bracteolata Lam.

Short-lived perennial herb (rarely annual) ; up to 30 cm high , with an unpleasant smell , arise from underground rhizome . Stems erect or sprawling , often climbing , branched , weak , smooth . Leaves alternate , simple , 25–45×30–50 mm , grey-green , cordate (heart shaped) , rounded at apex , crenate margin , glabrous ; petiole 10–15 mm . Inflorescences solitary , in the axils of leaves ; bracts similar to leaves in shape but much smaller ; pedicels up to 2 cm in fruit . Flowers dark purple , 0 . 5–5 cm tubular , with trumpet shaped mouth , unpleasant to smell ; calyx tubular below , expanded above , bent into a pipe-shape ; calyx tube inflated at thebase , greyish-green , upper part dark-red , inner surface of the upper portion covered with dark red nectariferous hairs ; ovary inferior . Fruits capsule , 14–15 x 19–20 mm , oblong , flattened at the top , splitting , pale , glabrous . Seeds c . 5 mm long , numerous , small , subglobose , black , with small rounded tubercles at the back . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .

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Aristolochia abyssinica Klotzsch
Aristolochia bracteata Retz.
Aristolochia crenata Ehrenb. ex Duch.
Aristolochia mauritiana Pers.
Aristolochia maurorum Klotzsch
Aristolochia sempervirens Forssk.