Woody herb ; up to 15 cm high . Stems prostrate to erect , grey-green , stellate-pubescent . Leaves 15-20 x 5-6 mm , plicate , oblong , apex obtuse , base rounded , margin irregularly dentate , grey-green ; petiole 3–15 mm long ; stipules up to c . 4 mm long , filiform , soon falling . Inflorescences 2-4 , in the leaf axils . Flowers green-yellow ; epicalyx (bracts) membranous , 1 x 2 cm , ovate-cordate , orange to orange-red , enlarging and enclosing the flower and fruit ; sepals 4-5 mm , densely pubescent ; petals green-yellow . Fruit capsule , 4–7 mm long , subglobose , tomentose , with 2–4-seeded cells . Seeds c . 2 mm long , grey , rough . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Melhania parvifolia Chiov.
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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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
