Tall evergreen shrub ; up to 2 m in height , with withish bark . Stems erect , much-branched , slender , glabrescent ; bark reddish-brown in younger stems , whitish and longitudinally fissured in older stems . Leaves alternate , 22-35 x 4-5 mm , sessile , leathery , lanceolate-elliptic to linear-lanceolate , tip mucronate , base tapering , margins entire , grey-green , glabrous . Inflorescences in terminal capitate racemes , shortly pedicellate with pedicel . Flowers creamy white or yellowish , small , inconspicuous , fragrant ; calyx 4-lobed , densely densely wooly hairy on the outside ; petals absent ; stamens 4 ; ovary sericeous ; stigma capitate . Fruit drupe , 7-8 mm , subglobose , fleshy , turning orange when mature . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Daphne angustifolia var. mucronata (Royle) Keissl.
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Kashmir Daphne
The skin of the outer bark is peeled off to make ropes used for bone fractures. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "The leaves have been used in traditional medicine for treating abdominal colic, coughs, fevers and headache, nosebleeds and applied on blisters, stings and ulcers. Also used as an insecticide placed amongst clothing to protect against moths, etc." (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*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 *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
