Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC.

This herb is distributed throughout tropical and NE Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent. (Ref. POWO; 2022). There are four species of Alysicarpus found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Erect annual herb ; up to 75 cm high , often somewhat woody at the base . Stems erect to ascending , pubescent to pilose . Leaves 1-foliolate ; leaflets 6 . 5-12 . 5 x 0 . 2-1 . 5 cm , oblong , linear or linear-lanceolate , acute and mucronulate at the apex , subcordate at the base , pubescent , pilose beneath , petiolate . Inflorescences borne in lax terminal or leaf-apposed racemes . Flowers dull purple or orangy ; calyx puberulous or pubescent ; sepals 5-7 mm , scarious ; corolla red or mauve , 5–6 × 3–5 mm , obovate , about as long as the calyx . Fruit pod , linear-oblong , pubescent , transversely ridged , distinctly constricted in between the articles , young pods bright green . Seeds 1 . 8–2 . 2 x 1 . 8 x 1–1 . 2 mm , reddish-brown or olive , compressed , rounded-rhomboid or ellipsoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Threatened (NT) - Globoal Assessment

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Hallia glumacea (Vahl) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Hedysarum glumaceum Vahl

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Bracted Alyce Clover

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not used traditionally.

المراجع


*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *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://www.merriam-webster.com

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