Annual herb ; up to 70 cm high . Stems and branches erect , tomentellous . Leaves alternate , petiolate ; petiole 1-5 cm , hairy like the young stems ; lower leaves 5 x 7 cm , orbicular , base cordate , margins crenate-dentate ; upper leaves shallow to deeply 3-lobed , margin serrate to dentate ; stipules linear . Inflorescences solitary , in leaf axils ; peduncle up to 4 cm long , slender , pubescent . Flowers white or yellow , about 3 cm across ; epicalyx absent or minute ; calyx 7-12 mm , 5-lobed , lobes triangular , green-veined ; corolla 10-20 mm , obovate ; Staminal tube up to 12 mm . long ; style-branches c . 0 . 5 mm long . Fruit capsule , 5-10 mm , subglobose , pilose . Seeds c . 2 mm long , black , wedge-shaped , tuberculate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Hibiscus ambongoensis Baill.
Hibiscus pamanzianus Baill.
Laguna schinzii Gürke
Solandra ternata Cav.
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Not used traditionally.
*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 *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. *https://www.malawiflora.com *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
