A low succulent herb ; up to 25 cm high . Stems simple or branched , swollen , covered in leaf scares , cylindrical , arising from a swollen tuberous base . Leaves alternate , 2-18 x 1-3 cm , crowded at the top of the stem in an apical rosette , petiolate , elliptic to narrow-obovate , acute tip , base attenuate to rounded , with wavy margins , glabrous to puberulose , glossy green . Inflorescences both male and female sunk into a disc-like receptacle surrounded by leafy rays , receptacle 0 . 5-1 . 5 cm in diameter . Flowers small , unisexual ; perianth lobes rudimentary , united ; female flower with 1-ovulate ovary , style simple , stigma bifid ; male flowers with 2 stamens . Fruit achene , small , triangular . Seeds ejected explosively . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Dorstenia arabica Hemsley
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Grendelion
Shield Flower
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The swollen stems of this small plant, although available the year round, are at their best of eating - from the point of view of size and juiciness - during and after the rains, when their peppery sharpness is somewhat subdued. The leaves, the flowers, the stems and the seeds are all edible. The smaller, more immature specimens can be quite mild in taste, but the larger ones are extremely hot. However, they are not liked any the less because of this - indeed, many people prefer them to alternative milder wild foods such as the Ceropegias, Arisaemas and Habenarias for just this reson, and claim that of all the wild foods, these plants with the leaves, buds and fruit of Euphorbia balsamifera provided the best, most warming and most delicious foods during the wet season as well as in the
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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. *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. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
