Cleome brachycarpa
Cleome brachycarpa Vahl ex DC., Prodr. 1: 240. 1824. Boiss., Fl. Or. 1: 412. 1867, Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 169. 1872; Pax & Hoffm. l.c. 213; Elffers et al, l.c. 7; Hedge & Lamond, l.c. 20.
Synonyms:
- Cleome brachycarpa f. latifolia N.Terracc.,Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 114 (1894).
- Cleome brevisiliqua Schult. & Schult.f., Syst. Veg. 7: 40 (1829).
- Cleome diversifolia Hochst. & Steud. ex T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 5
- Cleome vahliana Fresen. in Mus. Senckenb. 5 (2): 110. (1834).
NE
Perennial (or annual) herbs often perennating with a woody base, viscid-pubescent, suberect or erect, up to 50 cm tall, branched mostly from below, very rarely subglabrous or apparently glaucous. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, lower petiolate, uppermost ternate to simple and subsessile; leaflets oblong, obovate or linear-lanceolate, 5-15 (-20) mm long, 2-4 (-8) mm broad, petiole up to 25 mm (rarely upto 35 mm) long. Racemes lax, bracteate; bracts leafy. Flowers 6-8 mm across, yellow; pedicel 10-15 mm long, filliform, smooth. Sepals 2-3 mm long, c.1-1 mm broad, elliptic-lanceolate, usually glandular. Petals 6-8 mm long, 2-2.5 mm broad, a minute scale-like appendage present at the base towards the inner side. Stamens 6, shorter than the petals
Tropical Africa, NE Africa, S. Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India. The Farasan Islands(Farasan Al-Kabir-Dawshak).