Small , densely branched shrub ; up to 2 m , with a white powdery covering . Stems slender , much branched ; young twigs with whitish scales , becoming glabrous with age ; bark smooth , reddish-brown . Leaves alternate , simple , grey/green , ovate , obtuse tip , rounded base , entire margins , covered in white powder . Inflorescences solitary or in few-flowered racemes . Flowers zygomorphic , yellow-green ; sepals 4 , green/brown , concave ; petals 4 , pale yellow , linear-elliptic , clawed ; stamens 4-5 , long protruding ; ovary on a 10-15 mm long gynophore . Fruit cylindrical , many seeded with a white powdery covering . Seeds surrounded by a red or orange membrane or flesh . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Stroemia farinosa (Forssk.) Vahl
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Cadaba Bush
Herd-boy’s Fruit
Juice from the leaves is used as eye drops. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 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. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
