Deciduous . Succulent shrub ; up to 1 m tall , appearing leafless for most of the year . Stems ascending , cylindrical , spineless , alternate , ± clustered , glabrous , bluish-green sometimes reddish , thick , with prominent leaf-scars . Leaves alternate , deciduous , 5-6 x 3-4 mm , ovate , apex acute , base sessile , margin entire , often reddish at the margins , glabrous . Inflorescences umbels terminal , of 3–7 simple rays , each bearing 1 involucre , glabrous ; bracts subtending the cyathia similar to leaves ; involucre cup-shaped , 4-5 mm long , ± 4 mm across . Flowers cyathia ; glands 5 , yellow-green ; male flowers with fimbriate bracts at tip ; female flowers with glabrous ovary . Fruit capsule , 6-7 mm in diameter , subglobose , reflexed at maturity , green maturing brown , glabrous . Seeds oblong-ovoid , angular , smooth , whitish . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Euphorbia oblanceolata Balf.f.
Euphorbia officinarum Hochst. ex Boiss.
Tirucalia schimperi (C.Presl) P.V.Heath
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Euphorbia schimperi is extremely toxic to camels, though apparently goats are able to nibble at the new growth and leaves with impunity. Camel herders take great care to herd their animals away from any area where this plant is known to grow in any quantity. It grows mainly in the drier rockier areas of Dhofar, and was considered to have no medicinal or other virtues, although its latex was used as an emergency adhesive in the absence of a better alternative". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
*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://antropocene.it *https://en.hortipedia.com *https://www.lyasolisblog.ie *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
