Perennial herb ; up to 35 cm tall . Stems branched , hairy . leaves 2-6 x 1-3 cm , petiolate , terminal , dilated towards base , hairy on both surfaces-the hairs similar to those on the stem and branches ; upper cauline leaves smaller , sessile to subsessile . Inflorescences terminal or axillary , lax bracts lanceolate , 3 . 4 mm long ; pedicels slender , 10-15 mm long , hairy . Flowers mauve , white with a dark centre ; calyx 5-partite into ovate-lanceolate lobes 8-9 mm long , hairy with dimorphic hairs ; corolla tube shorter than calyx , lobes 6-7 mm long , obtuse ; anthers densely hairy , aristate ; style slender , c . 10 mm long in fruit . Fruit nutlets , 6 . 5-7 mm long , ± pitcher-form , inner dorsal surface smooth to minutely tuberculate . (Ref . http://www . efloras . org) .
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Trichodesma longipedicellatum Rech.f. & Riedl
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As a treatment for dislocated bone. A paste from crushed plant is applied around the affected site. (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 *http://www.efloras.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. & al. (2020). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXIV. Sixty new records from the Sultanate of Oman Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77: 413-437. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
