An erect perennial herb or shrub ; up to 30 cm high , forming small clusters , aromatic . Stems erect to ascending , branched , quadrangular , ± leafy , with retrorse eglandular hairs interspread with few long hairs . Leaves opposite , grey-green , petiolate below shortly petiolate to sessile above , 5-30 x 2-10 mm , mainly on the lower part of stems , oblanceolate to elliptic , rugulose , base rounded , tip acute , margins dentate , veins depressed , white-pubescent with eglandular and sometimes capitate glandular hairs ; petiole 3-7 mm . Inflorescences (verticils) in whorls of 2-6 flowers at intervals along the upper stems ; bracts ± 5 mm , ovate , acuminate ; pedicels 5-6 mm . Flowers violet-blue or pale lavender or white with purple or lilac markings on lip , about 6-8 mm long ; calyx often with brownish or purplish upper lip , greenish lower lip , 6-7(-9) mm in fruit , campanulate , 2-lipped , hairy and glandular with capitate glandular and eglandular hairs , ribs distinct on tube ; upper lip 3 mm ,
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Pleudia aegyptiaca (L.) M.Will, N.Schmalz & Class.-Bockh.
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Egyptian Sage
The crushed whole plant were used as a shampoo by women, giving the hair nice smell. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). Ghazanfar (2015) wrote that: "The seeds have been used in traditional medicine as a demulcent, for diarrhea and as a relief for piles". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.3). In addition, Patzelt (2015) mentioned that: "In Oman, the seeds have been used in traditional medicine, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the digestive system. The Egyptian sage has been used in other countries to treat numerous conditions". (Ref. Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman; 2015).
*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., Harrison, T., Knees, S.G. & Hartley, L.A. (2014). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXI. New records from the Sultanate of Oman Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 161-180. *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 *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University –
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