Woody shrub ; up to 1 m tall . Stems erect , branched from the base , green , white-puberulous to glabrous , with internodes much longer than the leaves . Leaves opposite , very sparse , small , 1-foliolate or occasionally 3-foliolate ; petiolule 0 . 5-2 mm ; stipules 4 mm , bifid , brown ; leaflets 6-14 x 6-10 mm , broadly obovate , entire margins , obtuse or sometimes emarginate and mucronate at apex , glabrous or sometimes the younger leaves with a few hairs , glaucous . Inflorescences in clusters in the leaf axils , glabrous ; pedicel ± 1 . 5 mm . Flowers pink with dark viens , remaining for a long time , becoming dry , brown and papery in fruit ; calyx 2 . 5-3 mm , teeth ± 2 mm , white-pubescent , minutely ciliate on the margins ; corolla with standard petal 8-9 x 6-7 mm , pink to purple with dark veins ; wings ± 4 mm ; keel 7-8 mm . Fruit pod , 1-3 , flattened , with up to three joints , pubescent densely covered with curved or hooked spines up
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Hedysarum cuneifolium Roth
Taverniera stocksii Boiss.
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Wedge-Leaf Taverniera
East-indian Moneywort
The leaves are edible. The whole plant is known as a good browse for livestock. (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 *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. *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.
