Shrub or small tree ; up to 2 m tall , spreading or sometimes scrambling . Stems and branches woody , straggling , armed with straight or recurved spines or prickles . Leaves paripinnate with 4-9 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 30-45 x 15-20 mm , ovate-lanceolate , apex rounded to emarginated , entire margins , mucronate . Inflorescences in terminal or axillary racemes , often branched . Flowers bright yellow , red-spotted ; sepals 5-7 mm , oblong , shorter than the petals ; petals bright yellow , 8-10 mm , red-spotted ; stamens 4 . 5–7 mm ; ovary covered with stiffish hairs . Fruit pod , 5-7 x 3-5 cm , broadly ovate-cylindric , densely covered with 5-7 mm long prickles , green turn brown when mature , 1-2-seeded . Seeds ± 20 x 16 mm , grey , subglobose , smooth . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Least Concern - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Bonduc canadense Medik.
Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.
Glycyrrhiza aculeata Forssk.
Guilandina aculeata Salisb.
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Nicker
Nicker Nut
Grey Nicker
Grey Nickerbean
Nicker Bean
Fever Nut
Yellow Nickers
Knicker Nut
Wait-a-while
Traditionally, decoction of powdered leaves is used as a highly effective abortive agent. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*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 *https://www.gbif.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.
