Densely branched shrub or small tree ; up to 12 (–15) m tall , with brittle succulent branchlets often produced in whorls . Stems cylindrical , fleshy with fragile succulent twigs . Leaves 1–1 . 5 x 0 . 2 cm , few , fleshy , linear-lanceolate , cluster only at the tips of young branchlets and very quickly deciduous . Inflorescences cymes 2–6 congested at the apices of the branchlets , forking 2–4 times . Flowers cyathia ; glands 5 , subglobose to transversely elliptic , bright yellow . Fruit capsule , ± 8 × 8 . 5 mm , glabrescent , subglobose . Seeds 3 . 5 × 2 . 8 mm , ovoid , smooth , buff speckled with brown and with a dark brown ventral line . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Arthrothamnus tirucalli (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke
Tirucalia indica Raf.
Tirucalia tirucalli (L.) P.V.Heath
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Aveloz
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Not used traditionally.
*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://en.wiktionary.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *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