Prostrate , annual or woody perennial herb ; up to 30 cm tall , forming a dense mat . Stems glabrous to sparsely pubescent with prostrate woody branches . Leaves alternate , 5-15 x 4-4 . 5 mm , subsessile , dark green , ovate to ovate-oblong , undulate margins , acute to subacute apex . Inflorescences in 1-2(-3)-flowered glabrous clusters , axillary . Flowers bright yellow , small , ± 5 mm across ; sepals 5 , yellowish-green , linear-oblong , glabrous , falling soon ; petals 5 , free , open in the afternoon ; stamens 10-15 , erect . Fruit capsule , 10-15 mm , cylindrical , woody , 4-locular . Seeds 1-1 . 5 mm long , very finely reticulate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Frequent
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Antichorus depressus L.
Corchorus antichorus Raeusch.
Corchorus humilis Munro
Corchorus microphyllus Fresen.
Corchorus prostratus Royle
Jussiaea edulis Forssk.
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The root is edible. Goats browsed on upper part – leaves and fruits. In the Central Desert, the plant is well known as sexual irritant for women. (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 *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
