A low growing , woody-based annual ; up to 20 cm high , densely hairy . Stems erect to ascending , woody , branching near the base , older branches glabrous , younger ones pubescent , the hairs sometimes glandular . Leaves opposite , simple , subsessile or shortly petiolate , obovate to elliptic-obovate , entire margins , surfaces glabrous to somewhat scabrous pubescent . Inflorescences in terminal cymes . Flowers form a mass of loose irregular sprays covered in long white to brownish hairy bracts ; sepals free , oblong , pale yellow-green , hairy ; petals white , linear-oblong to oblanceolate , shorter than the sepals ; stamens 5 ; filaments c . 2 . 5 mm long , lanceolate ; anthers dorsifixed ; ovary ovoid-lanceolate , attenuate to style . Fruit capsule , cylindrical , indehiscent utricle enclosed by persistent calyx and surrounded by feathery , yellowish red bracts , 1 seeded . Seeds compressed . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Ceratonychia nidus Edgew.
Cometes surattensis var. ambajiensis Bedi & Madala
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Scrambled Egg Bush
Scrambled Egg Tree
Glossy Shower
Golden Senna
Glaucous Cassia
Sunshine Tree
Bushy Cassia
Reported as a good browse for goats directly after the rainy season. Not grazed later due to presence of hairs. (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 *https://en.wiktionary.org *https://www.nparks.gov.sg *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
