Pedalium murex L.

This species is native to W Tropical Africa, extending to Eritrea and N Mozambique, Comoros, Madagascar, eastwards to Arabia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Jawa. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There is only one known species of Pedalium occurs in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Erect , spreading , sparsely glandular herb ; up to 12-75 cm high . Stems erect to ascending , much branched , spreading , succulent , glandular . Leaves opposite , simple , 1-4 . 5 cm long , elliptic , obovate or oblong , rounded or truncate tip , sometimes fleshy ; petiole 0 . 5–3 . 5 cm long . Inflorescences solitary . Flowers creamy yellow to white , usually with a purple blotch in the throat , 1 . 5-2 cm across ; calyx-lobes lanceolate , acuminate ; corolla-tube glandular ; stamens 0 . 5-1 cm long ; anthers kidney shaped . Fruits 1–2 cm long , sparsely glandular , rugose or tuberculate on the face . Seeds 6 mm . long , 1 . 5 mm broad , elongate-elliptic , 3-angled towards the apex . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Murex burmanni Kuntze
Pedalium microcarpum (Klotzsch) Decne.
Pedalium muricatum Salisb.
Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Large Caltrops
Crow Thorn
Elephant Caltrop

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet.

المراجع


*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://en.wiktionary.org *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.

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