Shrublet ; up to 50 cm tall , with a woody base . Stems prostrate to ascending , much branched , densely adpressed disc-based hairy . Leaves opposite , 3 . 2–6 × 1 . 3–2 . 5 mm , fleshy , connate , triangular to oblong , base clasping , apex acute to subacute , usually recurving , densely adpressed hairy . Inflorescences solitary , axillary , ± throughout the length of the stem ; pedicel 0 . 5–1 mm . Flowers white , cream or pale yellow , funnel-shaped ; calyx 3–3 . 5 mm , increasing in fruit , 5-lobed , lobes ovate , ± free , densely adpressed disc-based hairy ; corolla white , cream or pale yellow , funnel-shaped , 3 . 9–5 . 5 mm ; tube 3–3 . 5 mm , lobes oblong , rounded , flat or spreading ; stamens attached at throat ; anthers exserted . Fruit nutlets , 2–3 mm , ovoid , whitish , smooth , usually 1–3 developing . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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In the central desert area, and during eid occasion women used the plant to clean and clear their body. Pounded paste of whole plant used to ease the pain of insect sting. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*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 *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *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
