An erect or spreading subshrub or small shrub ; up to 50 cm tall . Stems with slender angular branches , sparsely branched , glabrous , glaucous . Leaves alternate , 7-30 x 2-3 mm , oblong to oblanceolate , apex obtuse to rounded , tapering into a short or sessile base , margin entire ; stipules ± 2 mm , lanceolate . Inflorescences axillary , in clusters usually with 2-4 male and 1 female arranged on the lower part of the stem ; fruiting pedicels ± 2 mm . Flowers monoecious . Male flowers ± 2 mm across ; sepals ovate , ± 1mm , green or pinkish , entire ; disc glands rounded ; stamens 3 ; filaments fused almost to the anthers . Female flowers ± 2 mm , increasing to ± 4 mm in fruit ; sepals obovate , reddish-green with a clear hyaline margin , arranged in two whorls of 3 . Fruit capsule , 3-4 mm in diameter , depressed globose , glabrous . Seeds 1–1 . 5 mm long , sharply triquetrous , light brown , smooth . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Diasperus maderaspatensis (L.) Kuntze
Nellica maderaspatana Raf.
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Madras Leaf-Flower
Not recorded yet.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://antropocene.it *https://www.zambiaflora.com *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
