Subshrub or a woody herb ; up to 1 m tall . Stems and branches spreading , soft , velvetry pubescent . Leaves palmmately 3 (-5)-lobed , 1 . 5-5 x 2-6 cm ; lobes broadly ovate , apex rounded , margin entire to crenate , 5-9-nerved ; petiole 1-6 cm ; stipules linear filiform . Inflorescences 1(-2) in the axils of the leaves . Flowers pale yellow with a dark purple or red centre , bisexual , ± 2 cm across ; epicalyx 3-lobed , 2-2 . 5 long and broad , base cordate , becoming membranous and enclosing the fruit ; calyx ± 5 mm , 5-lobed ; corolla 18 x 8 mm , spirally arranged , yellow with crimson centre , of 5 petals fused at base ; stamens numerous , 5 toothed at apex , anthers basifixed , in the upper half ; ovary 5 carpellate , ovules 2 per locule , style 5-branched at tip , stigmas capitate . Fruit capsule , 5-6 mm in diameter , globose , 5-ribbed , 5-valved , dehiscent , enclosed by the enlarged epicalyx , 5-seeded . Seeds c . 3 x 1 . 5 mm , 1 per locule ,
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Dumreichera arabica Hochst. & Steud.
Gossypium bakeri G.Watt
Senra arabica Webb
Serraea incana (Cav.) Spreng.
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The main importance of this plant was as a cleanser: slices of the stem and roots were ground up and mixed with a little water or spittle tp produce a lather that frothed up and made an effective 'soap'. When used to cleanse the scalp, this 'shampoo' was also said to be useful in de-infesting the head of head-lice, and if the wet hair was then combed vigorously and carefully, the hair was left glossy and soft and free from nits. The seeds were also crushed or chewed and used as a shampoo or soap. The lightly crushed stems left in the sun exude a sap which was formerly useful as an adhesive, although not a very powerful one. Shavings cut from the stem and sun-dried were used as a substitute for tobacco, which it should be remembered, was of medicinal
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*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 *https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu *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. *Patzelt, A., Harrison, T., Knees, S.G. & Hartley, L.A. (2014). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXI. New records from the Sultanate of Oman Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 161-180. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
