Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.

This species is native to Tropics & Subtropics. (Ref. POWO; 2022). There are 3 species of Rhynchosia found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Climbing or prostrate annual herb ; up to 2 m long , emerging from a woody rootstock . Stems branched , slender , trailing to climbing , ribbed , white-pubescent . Leaves trifolitae ; petiole up to 5 cm ; stipules ovate-lanceolate , many-veined , pubescent ; leaflets 10-70 x 5-65 mm , broadly ovate to rhomboid , tip acute , base ± unequal , glabrous above , ± pilose on the margins and midrib below , with conspicuous orange glands , terminal leaflets with rachis up to 1 cm , lateral leaflets ± sessile . Inflorescences borne in loose racemes , 2-15 cm long , in leaf axils . Flowers pale yellow with brownish streaks ; calyx 3-4 mm , 5-lobed to 1/2 the length , lobes unequal , laneolate , acute , pubescent and glandular ; corolla with standard petal ± 5 mm , pubescent , glandular ; keel greenish-yellow . Fruit pod , 15-20 mm , beaked , pubescent , brownish-green , 2-3-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Least Concern - Global Assessment

الوفرة


Frequent

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medik.
Dolichos minimus L.
Rhynchosia minima var. normalis Kuntze

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Least Snout-Bean
Burn-Mouth-Vine
Jumby-Bean

الأسماء المحلية


melwiah, al hebi (sing: al hebiah) (Northern Oman)
dheger thi'gherb (Mehri)
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Rhynchosia minima_dheger thi'gherb (Mehri)-07082024-24062025
Rhynchosia minima_al hebi-24062025

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet

المراجع


*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 *http://pza.sanbi.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.

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