Cienfuegosia_welshii_10 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_2 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_3 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_4 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_5 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_6 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_7 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_8 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii_9 © OBG
Cienfuegosia_welshii © OBG
Annual or perennial herb , or subshrub ; up to 1 m tall , with a pungent smell . Stems erect to decumbent , glabrous or puberulous . Leaves ± 3 cm across , roughly orbicular in outline , shallowly 3-lobed with sinuate margins , glabrous to puberulous or scabrid on veins ; petiole about as long as the leaves . Inflorescences solitary , in leaf axils ; pedicels 0 . 3–6 cm long , glabrous or puberulous . Flowers about 3 cm across , yellow with crimson spots and a crimson centre ; calyx ± 3 mm , dark gland dotted along the veins ; petals 14-15 mm , obovate . Fruit capsule , 1 . 8-2 cm , green with crimson blotches , ellipsoid to subglobose , appressed pubescent or subglabrous . Seeds 4–5 mm long , densely covered with brownish hairs . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Vulnerable (VU B2b(ii , iii)) - National Assessment
Very Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cienfuegosia chiarugii Chiov.
Cienfuegosia hearnii Fryxell
Cienfuegosia somaliana Fryxell
Hibiscus welshii T. Anders.
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Not known
Not used traditionally. However, both vernacular names 'suh al housh' and 'tomar horoun' literally translated as "dates of goats" refers to the fact the plant is loved and browsed by goats. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://pza.sanbi.org *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
