Acridocarpus orientalis A.Juss.

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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The downy new growth of A. orientalis and the underbark were gathered, dried and stored for future use as a tanning agent. The dried matter was then pulverised, mixed with water or oil to a paste, and then smeared over the hide, which had already had the hair removed. The whole hide was rubbed and kneaded over a hard, flat surface until thoroughly impregnated with the paste, more water being added as the paste dried out. Once the required suppleness and colour has been reached, the hide was allowed to finally dry out, the paste was washed off, and the skin either stored like that until it was needed, or cut, stitched and made up into the required article. New soft growth was also pounded to a paste and applied to the udder of livestock suffering from mastitis, a disease of ... great consequence for a people so dependent on milk as their main source of food. This treatment was said to be particularly successful in goats. A mixture was made too from crushed leaves which were added to water, boiled then squeezed through very fine material. If an internal swelling was suspected, this strained liquid was drunk, and to treat an external swelling the juice was squeezed over and around it. In northern Oman the crushed leaves are added to oil which is then used as a treatment for paralysis, and also as a poultice and an embrocation to soothe and soften painful tendons and muscles". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar). In addition, Ghazanfar (2007) mentioned that: "Oil extracted from the seeds, and extracted of leaves, has been used in northern Oman in traditional medicine for chronic headaches, massaging on paralysed limbs, and for muscle and tendon pains. The extraction of oil from the small seeds is an arduous task carried in only a few villages in the western Hajar mountains. New growth and underbark has been used as a tanning agent in Dhofar". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2). Further, Pickering & Patzelt (2008) stated that: "Crushed leaves are mixed with oli to reduce swellings and muscale or joint pain. Used as a yellow dye". (Ref. Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman; 2008). Furthermore, Patzelt (2015) mentioned that: "In Oman, the seed oil and leaf extracts are rubbed over the skin to treat painful tendons and muscles. Cosmetically, the oil is applied on the face and body to soften the skin. The leaves are used together with Al Mihtedi (Pulicaria glutinosa) as a source of yellow dye in northern Oman to dye goat wool. The yellow wool is used for carpets and camel blankets". (Ref. Photographic field guide to the plants of the Western Hajar Mountains).

*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. *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 – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.sciencedirect.com *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. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *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