Erect shrub covered in whitish powder ; up to 2 m tall , glaucous . Stems erect , branched , covered with a white mealy powder . Leaves alternate , 1-8 x 2-8 cm , pale green/bluish , leathery , broadly ovate to suborbicular , apex rounded with an apiculate tip , base clasping the stem . Inflorescences arranged in spikes at the end of the branches . Flowers yellow-orange , with purple-red stripes in the centre ; calyx 7-10 mm , purple suffused with yellow , 5-lobed , lobes free almost to the base , margins of lobes membranous and appearing winged ; corolla tubular , yellow-orange , with purple-red mid vein and margins , exserted from the sepals , 5-lobed at the apex ; tube 15-20 mm , lobes 3-4 mm ; stamens 5 . Fruit capsule , 7-9 mm , winged , enclosed in the calyx and dispersed with it , 1-seeded . Seeds pear-shaped , smooth , brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
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Dyerophytum arabicum (Boiss.) M.R.Almeida
Dyerophytum indicum (Gibson ex Wight) Kuntze
Vogelia arabica Boiss.
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Indian Desert Statice
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This very common plant of the drier areas of Dhofar has a strongly salty, sour flavour, as its name suggests (milh is Arabic for salt, and it is interesting how many of the variant names for this species are, throughout the Middle East, based on this same root). The newer, red-tinged shoots were often chewed for their sour saltiness, and also, when no other salt was available, the more mature foliage and stems which become covered in a salty, powdery substance could be added to cooking water as a substitute for salt. Too much, however, gave a rather bitter and unpleasant flavour to the food being cooked. This plant was also an important saline browse for livestock, especially the camels of the mountains and plains areas. These would be taken to areas where this and other saline plants grew for 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. *https://en.wikipedia.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. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
