Woody based perennial herb ; up to 1 m high . Stems slender , straggling , irregularly branched , glabrous . Leaves opposite , 20-60 x 10-60 mm , dull green , ovate , tip rounded to acute to retuse , fleshy with red entire margins , base cuneate to rounded to cordate , young leaves may be hairy with an indented tip ; petiole 0 . 5-5 cm long . Inflorescences arranged in groups of 3-6 on long stems ; pedicels 6-15 mm . Flowers perianth , 4-5 mm , dark pink , funnel shaped , base enclosing the ovary , persistent ; petals 5 , fused ; stamens 3(-5) , exserted , filaments filiform 4-5 mm lomg ; ovary superior , 1-locular , with a solitary basal ovule ; style simple , stigma capitate . Fruit anthocarp , 5-7 mm , cylindrical , reflexed , covered in prominent glands . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Boerhavia boissieri Heimerl
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Boissier's Hogweed
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This plant is extremely common throughout Dhofar, and especially in the drier areas, its purple-tinged stems and leaves making it easily distinguishable in the field. The new tender growing shoots were often picked and chewed - they have a sour, astringent flavour. People far from water would also pluck the tips and chew them to assuage thier thirst. In times of hunger, the knobbed roots were dug up and roasted slowly at the side of a smouldering fire and eaten, as were the roots of Ecbolium violaceaum [J: herum axali] and various Commelina [J: dugur agareb] species. These provided a filling if dull meal, which in the case of the Commicarpus species, at least had the virtue of being easily and always available. Livestock are fond of the foliage and stems, but goats are said to sicken and their bellies become
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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://www.flowersofindia.net *http://www.efloras.org *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
