Perennial subshrub ; up to 1 m long . Stems straggling , slender , branching , whitish green , glabrous or sparsely scabridulous . Leaves opposite , 12-40 x 10-20 mm , grey-green , broadly ovate to suborbicular , margins sinuate ; petiole up to 5 cm long , sparsely pubescent . Inflorescences in lax , 3-5 per node , in superposed umbles ; sessile or shortly pedicellate , up to 4 mm . Flowers perianth , pale-pink or purple , small , 1 . 5-3 mm , widely funnel-shaped ; stamens 2 ; anthers 0 . 3–0 . 5 mm . long , transverse elliptic to rounded ; ovary 0 . 5–0 . 6 mm long , ellipsoid , shortly stipitate , glabrous ; style 3–3 . 5 (5 . 5) mm long . Fruit anthocarp , 5-7 mm , turbinate , with wart-like glands at the apex and below ; glands dark-purple . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Boerhavia helenae Schult.
Boerhavia verticillata var. repanda N.Terracc.
Commicarpus stellatus Berhaut
No data
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St Helena Hogweed, St Helena Stars
Not recorded yet.
*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 *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
