Shrublet ; up to 45 cm tall , profusely branched , usually almost leafless when in flower . Stems erect , much-branched , with stiff grey/green ribbed branches , forked at right angles and slightly hairy . Leaves alternate , simple , sessile , 3-14 x ± 2 mm , oblong-elliptic to obovate , white-pubescent on both surfaces . Inflorescences in few-flowered lax racemes . Flowers single , pea-like ; calyx 5-8 mm , 2-lipped , lobed into linear-acuminate lobes , pubescent , persistent ; corolla with standard petal yellow with dark brown lines or petals tinged brown ; stamens all joined with 5 long and 5 short anthers . Fruit pod , 7-10 x ± 4 mm , greyish , soft , ellipsoid , inflated , 1-4-seeded . Seeds yellow/brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Crotalaria wissmannii O.Schwartz
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Egyptian Rattle Box
Cape Rattle-Pod, Cape Laburnum
The whole dry plant used as spark to create instant fire. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "Fresh shoots are eaten by goats and camels". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*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://en.wiktionary.org *http://pza.sanbi.org *POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
