Dense woody perennial ; up to 1 . 25 m tall , all parts covered in fine white hair . Stems erect , branching , densely appressed white-pubescent . Leaves alternate , greyish , imparipinnate with 4-8 pairs of leaflets ; petiole up to 10 mm ; stipules linear , pubescent ; leaflets 12-35(-45) x 4-10(-13) mm , oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate , margins entire , apex acute , apiculate , base obtuse to cuneate , appressed pubescent above , silky sericeous on the lower surface . Inflorescences borne on stems arising from the leaf axils or terminally . Flowers pink with a hairy upper petal ; calyx 9-10 mm , lobes ± 8 mm , linear-lanceolate , densely sericeous ; corolla with standard petal ± 11 mm , pubescent on the dorsal surface ; wings ± 8 mm . Fruit pod , 11-13 mm , oval , beaked , covered in long yellowish hair , 1-seeded . Seeds kidney-shaped . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Cracca nubica (Boiss.) Kuntze
Cracca pogonostigma Kuntze
Pogonostigma nubicum Boiss.
Tephrosia arabica (Boiss.) Martelli
Tephrosia pogonostigma Boiss.
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In Northern Oman, the plant was commonly used as a poison to catch freshwater fish live in wadi ponds or falaj channels. (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. *https://casabio.org *https://www.merriam-webster.com *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778.
