Erect , woody , hairy perennial herb or subshrub ; up to 60 cm high . Stems erect to ascending , branched , densely hairy with spreading hairs . Leaves alternate , greyish , paripinnate with 4-7 paired leaflets , eglandular ; leaflets (10-)12-21 x (5-)7-10 mm , oblong-elliptic to oblong lanceolate or obovate , acute tips , hairy ; stipules 4-7 mm long , triangular or subulate . Inflorescences up to 15 flowers clustered on erect terminal or axial stalks . Flowers yellow ; sepals 5 , free , imbricate , rounded , 3-4 mm long ; petals 5 , unequal , free , obovate , rounded , base shortly clawed , 4-8 mm long ; stamens 3 small , 4 medium and 4 large . Fruit pods , 32-35 x 20-24 mm , oblong , flattened , may have a slight curve , densely pubescent , green , turning black as they mature , dehiscent , 5-8-seeded . Seeds 4 . 5-5 . 5 x 2 . 6-4 mm , triangular , compressed , abruptly constricted near hilum , emarginate at opposite end , reticulate , with a small areole on each face . (Ref . Field guide to the wild plants of Oman) .
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Cassia holosericea Fresen.
Cassia oocarpa Baker
Senna ovalifolia Batka
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Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "C. holosericea [J: ferrot] grows widely throughout Dhofar. The seeds of this species are edible, but likewise, eating too many of them has a laxative effect. For medical purposes, the leaves of the plant were gathered, dried and stored against future need. The leaves are a more powerful laxative than the fruit, but unlike the fruit, can cause rather unpleasant griping. To be taken as a laxative, the leaves were put with some water, and preferably also with some iron, on a slow fire, brought to the boil, then left to stand and cool. The strained liquid was drunk on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. The purging action is due to anthraquinones whose chief effect is to speed the passing of the colonic contents. The leaves are moist and mucilaginous, and in the drier areas where alternative ‘washing’ plants were not
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*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 *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *http://worldwidewattle.com
