An erect shrub , subshrub or woody herb ; up to 50 cm tall , covered in stiff hairs . Stems ± glabrous in the lower part , densely stellate-pubescent above . Leaves alternate , 25-90 x 8-55 mm , grey-green , ovate to ovate-oblong , apex acute or obtuse , base truncate , margin coarsely dentate , stalks and leaf are of equal length ; stipules filiform ; petiole 50-30 mm , densely stellate-pubescent . Inflorescences inconspicuous , borne in the leaf axils or terminally , up to 1 . 5 cm long . Flowers yellowish-green . Male flowers above in a short spike , dense , subsessile ; sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate , stellate-pubescent ; petals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate , yellowish . Female flowers at the base ; 1-3 flowered on a short peduncle ; sepals ± 2 mm , linear-lanceolate or lanceolate ; petals linear-lanceolate or lanceolate . Fruit capsule , 5-7 mm in diameter , 3-lobed , muricate , covered with peltate scales , stellate hairs and tubercles , 3-seeded . Seeds 4-5 x 3-4 mm , triangular-ovoid , coarsely tuberculate , dark brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Croton oblongifolius Delile
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Mullein Turn-Sole
In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "The juice from the plant strains blue-black, which has been used in the preparation of ink". (Ref. Flora of Oman, vol.2).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
