A profusely branched , low growing , subshrub ; up to 10-30 cm high . Stems grey , spreading to form a cushion-shaped shrub ; young stems tomentose . Leaves alternate , 10-20 x 0 . 8-18 mm , often plicate , lance-shaped , apex obtuse , base somewhat cordate to rounded , with slightly serrated margins , hairy , grey-green ; petiole 5–22 mm long ; stipules 3–8 mm long . Inflorescences solitary , in the leaf axils ; pedicels up to 10 mm long . Flowers yellow ; epicalyx (bracts) not enlarging in fruit ; calyx camanulate , lobes ± 1 mm , acute ; petals about as long as the calyx ; staminodes 3–5 mm long ; style 1–2 mm long . Fruit capsule , 6–9 mm long , ovoid , tomentose , 5-lobed . Seeds c . 2 mm long , with scattered tubercles . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Brotera ovata Cav.
Melochia ovata (Cav.) Desf.
Melhania abyssinica A.Rich.
Pentapetes ovata (Cav.) Willd.
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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. *http://www.efloras.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
