Woody annual or perennial subshrub ; up to 1 m high , sometimes much branched . Stems erect , pubescent , sometimes with glandular hairs . Leaves alternate , 8-40 x 5-22 mm , ovate to ovate-oblong , apex obtuse , base cordate to rounded , margin entire to obscurely dentate at the apex ; petiole up to 5 cm ; stipules filform . Inflorescences solitary , in the leaf axils ; pedicels jointed near the apex . Flowers pink , 1-1 . 5 cm across ; epicalyx of 9-12 linear segments , tomentose , persistent ; calyx 3-6 mm , 5-lobed , stellate pubescent ; petals about 1 cm long , 0 . 7 cm broad , obovate , rounded , claw hairy on the margin ; staminal tube about 6 mm long . Fruit 7 mm across , subglobose ; mericarps 5 , villous , enveloped by the epicalyx when mature . Seeds 2 mm long , 1 . 5 mm broad , 1 in each mericarp , dark brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Hibiscus microphyllus Vahl
Malache arabica (Hochst. ex Steud.) Kuntze
No data
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Arabian Swamp Mallow
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 *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
