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 , red or reddish-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 , rugose , reddish-brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Euphorbia aff. schimperi grows in much the same sort of terrain as Euphorbia schimperi, but is not toxic to livestock, who eat freely of the new leaves and growing tips. Indeed, camels browsing on it are said to produce exceptionally delicious and sweet milk. The latex causes pain and inflammation if it falls on broken skin or gets into the eye. Very diluted, the latex was occasionally used as an antispasmodic and purge where other preferred medicinal plants were not available. Like other euphorbias, the latex of this plant too was used as a glue in the manufacture of handles for various tools and utensils, for mending and repairing breaks and cracks in broken artifacts such as clay pots, and in the treatment of fractures, as a stiffener for the strips of cloth used to bandage the damaged limb. Local expertise
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*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 *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. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0.
