Shrub ; up to 2 m tall , glabrous . Stems with entirely glabrous branches . Leaves mostly clustered on short shoots , 1–6 x 1–6 cm , shiny green , ± deeply palmately 3-5 lobed , with shallowly cordate base , subentire to sharply dentate ; stipules transformed into rigid spines ; petiole 1–4 cm long . Inflorescences pedunculate , glabrous , cymes mostly terminal , few-flowered . Flowers monoecious . Male flowers: calyx-lobes 2 mm long , obtuse , entire , glabrous ; petals c . 4 mm long . Female flowers: ovary glabrous ; styles united at base , stigmas bifid , thickened . Fruit capsule , c . 1 cm long , rugulose . Seeds c . 8 x 4 mm , brownish , with a fimbriate caruncle . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
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Adenoropium spinosum (Vahl) Pohl
Croton spinosus Forssk.
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*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 *https://plants.jstor.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
