A small dense shrub ; up to 1 m tall , branching from the base . Stems spreading to erect , young branches have white bark . Leaves alternate , in fascicles , obovate , rounded tips , apiculate , with tapering base into a short petiole , entire margins , glabrous . Infloresences apparently axillary and solitary . Flowers calyx fused below ; corolla 5 , unequal , four small upper petals are violet , the lower , relatively large fifth petal is white with a pale mauve stripe , spoon shaped . Fruit capsule , small smooth . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Ionidium durum Baker
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Both Hildebrandtia africana and Hybanthus durus are called [J: etebin] locally, and are seen as being related and alike, despite the fact that obvious surface dissimilarities (when in flower especially) are clearly appreciated. Such differences are, as so often in local wisdom, attributed to diversity of habitat and environment and disparity in type and depth of the soil in which individual plants of both species are to be found growing, rather than being attributes of botanically different species. However, these shrubs are not common in Dhofar, both tending to grow in the drier and less hospitable areas of Dhofar which receive only the very edge of the monsoon moisture and cool winds. They are both heavily browsed by camels and goats, which no doubt contributes to thir superficial similarity in appearance, shape and size, but neither is very highly regarded as fodder, being seen by herders as providing bulk rather
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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 *https://www.merriam-webster.com *https://www.merriam-webster.com *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
