Annual or a short-lived evergreen perennial or subshrub ; up to 50 cm high . Stems erect to spreading , variable in indumentum , mostly white-pubescent . Leaves imparipinnate with mostly 5-7 leaflets , glaucous ; petiole up to 5 cm ; stipules narrow triangular , pilose ; leaflets 15-45 x 4-11 mm , oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate , margins entire , apex subacute to obtuse or emarginate , apiculate , base obtuse to cuneate , appressed pubescent on both surfaces , young leaves and stems and lower surfaces of leaves silvery . Inflorescences in lax pedunculate pseudoracemes and sometimes in upper leaf-axils , up to 20 cm ; pedicels up to 4 mm , pubescent . Flowers purple to pink-reddish-purple ; calyx ± 4 mm , lobes ± 2 mm , lanceolate , the lowest lobe longest , strigose tp spreading pubescent ; corolla with standard petal ± 6 mm , pubescent on the dorsal surface ; wings ± 4 mm ; style glabrous , 2 . 5–3 mm long , not twisted , curved , penicillate at the tip . Fruit pod , 40-45 mm , flattened , slightly curved
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Cracca apollinea (Delile) A.Lyons
Tephrosia apollinea (Del.) Link
Galega apollinea Del.
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Egyptian Indigo
The plant is well-known used in northern Oman as a treatment for trauma or muscle ache. In the central desert, the plant is used as a treatment for painful ear without pus. The root crushed and the juice dripped over the affected ear. (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. *https://www.merriam-webster.com
