Straggling shrub ; up to 3 m tall , stellate-hairy with grey bark . Stems pale to dark grey , glabrous , with no or few lenticels . Leaves alternate , 1-4 x 0 . 5-3 . 5 mm , glabrous , pale green on both sides , stipulate , broadly obovate , apex obtuse , base cuneate , margin crenate to dentate , petiolate ; petioles 1-3 mm long , pubescent . Inflorescences solitary , in the axils of leaves ; pedicel ± 3 mm . Flowers white ; sepals greenish-white , elliptic , 10-15 mm long ; petals white , ± 13 mm long , linear-oblong to obovate , with a nectar-producing claw ; petals white , 10-12 mm , oblong , shortly clawed , notched at the apex ; stamens many , in 2 whorls ; ovary 2-celld , with 2 ovules per cell ; styles with broad , round stigma lobes . Fruit drups , 5-8 mm , glabrous , 2-4-lobed , orange-yellow when ripe . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Chadara tenax Forssk.
Grewia chadara Lam.
Grewia populifolia Vahl
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Phalsa Cherry
White Crossberry
Raisin Bush
Gangara
Gangu
Kanger
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "When the beautiful flowers of G. tenax die back, the fruit appear in little clusters. They are edible both when green and immature, and also once they have ripened to an orangey red. Ripe and unripe, they have a flavour rather like a kernel of maize. They were a popular food, as well as being a source of nourishment of no little significance in such dry areas where the variety of wild foods is restricted in comparison to the wide variety available in the monsoon areas of Dhofar. Livestock of all kinds browse the foliage". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
*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 *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. *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. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet;
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