Straggly shrub ; up to 2 m tall , aromatic . Stems slender , with whitish bark , sparsely white-tomentose and with sessile glandular hairs , becoming glabrous with age . Leaves opposite , 8-30 x 3-10 mm , ovate to ovate-oblong , base rounded , apex obtuse , margins entire , glabrous , gland-dotted , densely so on the under surface ; petiole 3-10 mm . Inflorescences in terminal corymbose cymes , 1-2 cm long , shortly white tomentose and glandular . Flowers white to pale yellow , tubular ; calyx ± 1 mm , campanulate , 5-lobed above ; lobes triangular , pubescent and glandular ; corolla white to pale yellow , 6-7 mm , tubular below , 2-lipped above ; tube ± 3 mm , densely hoary at the mouth ; upper lip rounded , hooded , lower lip 3-lobed ; lobes oblong , rounded ; stamens 4 , included in the upper lip of the corolla ; style simple . Fruit ± 5 mm in diameter , globose with persistent calyx below , fleshy , ripening dark red or brown , 2–4-seeded , edible . Seeds oblong . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Gumira resinosa (Hochst.) Kuntze
Holochiloma resinosum Hochst.
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Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The whole bush gives off a delicious spicy and pungent fragrance when crushed, and it is not surprising therefore that its leaves were gathered and used, dried or fresh, to make a refreshing and perfumed tisane. Later when imported tea leaves were more redily available, some leaves from the shrub were still often added to the sweetened tea to perfume and flavour it. The wood of the shrub made the most excellent firewood, and was especially sought when roasting meat or fish, since it gives off little smoke, burns slowly and steadily with a good heat, and in addition imparts no unpleasant flavour to flesh placed directly on its embers. However, it was particularly appreciated in earlier times for its property of giving out an extremely bright, clear light that illuminated large expanses of the countryside at night, lighting up encampments and cave interiors
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*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 *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
