Shrub or small tree ; up to 4 m tall , with grey bark . Stems and young shoots with brownish hispid hairs , older glabrous . Leaves alternate , 3–7 × 1–4 cm , elliptic to obovate to obovate-oblong , base obliquely cuneate , apex rounded , margins crenate to dentate in the upper half , scabrid with bulbous-based hairs , sparsely white-pubescent beneath , venation reticulate , but lateral veins not reaching margin , conspicuous ; petiole 3–15 mm . Inflorescences in few-flowered , terminal or axillary ; pedicels ± 1 mm . Flowers greenish-white to pale yellow ; calyx ± 5 mm , cylindrical to funnel-shaped , densely tomentose , 3–4-lobed ; fruiting calyx shallow , forming a cup up to 9 mm wide ; corolla greenish-white to pale yellow , tube 5–6 mm , 4-lobed , lobes oblong , spreading . Female flowers with 4 staminodes . Fruit drupe , ± 11 mm , orange when ripe , fleshy , obovoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Gerascanthus obovatus (Balf.f.) Borhidi
Lithocardium obovatum (Balf.f.) Kuntze
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Mareer docol
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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://antropocene.it *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
