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Spiny shrub ; up to 60 cm tall . Stems profusely branched , bark white , lateral branches spine-like , up to 2 cm , white-grey tipped brown , sharply pointed at the tip , pubescent with basifixed hairs . Leaves paripinnate , with 2(-3) pairs of leaflets , glaucous , shortly petiolate , in fascicles on the main stem and the spiny lateral branches ; leaflets 5-9 x 2-4 mm , obovate to oblong-obovate , obtuse , pubescent . Inflorescences solitary or 1-2 in the axils of leaves . Flowers pink to pink-purple ; calyx 11-12 mm , tubular , becoming inflated and membranous , pinkish at first becoming whitish later , lobes short acute ; corolla pink to pink-purple , ± 15 mm . Fruit pod , ± 10 mm , stipitate , enclosed within the calyx , 2-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Astragalus arbusculinus Bornm. & Gauba
Astragalus fasciculifolius subsp. arbusculinus (Bornm. & Gauba) Tietz
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The resin is used for bone fractures in Musandam as well as in Eastern Hajar. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "In Musandam, childern pick and suck the flowers for the sweet nectar. Bees feeding on this species produce a good quality honey". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol. 2).
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.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://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5.
