Leucas dhofarensis Hedge & Sebald

This species is native to S Arabian Peninsula. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 3 species of Leucas found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Woody based annual or perennial herb ; up to 60 cm tall . Stems erect , simple or branched , grooved , glandular-hairy . Leaves petiolate , 20-70 x 18-45 mm , broadly ovate , base cuneate , apex obtuse , margins crenate , pubescent with eglandular or glandular hairs . Inflorescences in dense verticils at the nodes , in leaf axils ; bracts 7-8 mm , linear . Flowers white ; calyx 7-8 mm , 10-ribbed , the anterior expanded ; teeth 8-10 , the anterior expanded ; corolla white , the upper lip curving upwards , emarginate , densely hairy on the margins ; lower lip 3-lobed ; stamens with eglandular filaments . Fruit nutlets , ± 2 mm , brown , glandular . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Near Endemic (NE) - Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment

الوفرة


Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Not available

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Not known

الأسماء المحلية


heryen, ekulen (Jibbali/Shehri)

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.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. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

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