Deciduous . Erect , perennial subshrub , up to 50 cm high , much branched . Stems and branches rough , ash grey , furrowed , glabrous . Leaves opposite , sessile , linear-terete , fleshy , mucronulate , apex obtuse , margin entire , glabrous . Inflorescences in terminal clusters (dichasial cymes) of 5 -15 flowers . Flowers small , sessile , faintly fragrant ; bracts foliose , mucronulate ; sepals green or brown to pale-yellow or white , 5-lobed ; petals absent ; stamens 5 , with 1 . 4-4 mm long filaments ; anthers c . 0 . 4 x 0 . 25 mm ; ovary ovoid , slightly fused at the base with receptacle . Fruit 1-seeded , densely papillose , rupturing irregularly . Seeds 2-2 . 25 x 1 . 1 mm , ellipsoid , compressed , dark-brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Paronychia decandra (Forssk.) Rohweder & Urmi-König
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Not used traditionally. However, the plant is known grazed by animals especially Donkeys. (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 *Gledhill, D. (2008). The names of Plants, fourth edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-68553-5. *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
