Annual or perennial herb . Stems climbing or twining , can reach 2 m long , pubescent to almost glabrous . Leaves alternate , heart-shaped , mid-green , thinly angular , broadly ovate , base cordate , apex acute to acuminate , margins entire , thinly pubescent to glabrous , petiolate . Inflorescence axillary , solitary or in few-flowered cymes . Flowers sepals c . unequal , narrowly to broadly ovate with a long acute tip , glabrous to pilose ; corolla bright yellow to orange with a dark purple throat , funnel-shaped . Fruit capsule , light brown , egg-shaped , glabrous . Seeds black-brown , glabrous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Convolvulus obscurus L.
Ipomoea obscura var. indica Hallier f.
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Obscure Morning Glory
Wild Petunia
Yellow Ipomoea
Small white morning glory
All livestock browse its large green leaves, and the seed heads when ripe are collected and stored for future use by their herders. Crushed to a pste or chewed and ground down, these seeds produce a frothy foam provides a good washing agent for the body as well as for the scalp and the hair. (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
*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 *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
