Perennial evergreen herb ; up to 10 cm high , with tuberous swellings roots . Leaves 5-15 x 2-5 cm , several , from a basal rosette , surrounded by fibres from old leaf bases , bluish green , glaucous , linear , lamina folded along its length , glabrous . Inflorescences in simple or little branched racemes ; laxly 5-20-flowered . Flowers white with a green midrib ; perianth segments free , in two whorls , white with a green midrib , ± 4 mm , oblong , acute , green-tipped ; inner segments narrower than the outer ones ; stamens 6 , included ; ovary 3-locular , superior , globose , sessile ; style filiform ; stigma capitate . Fruit capsule , 4-5 mm , deeply 3-lobed , many-seeded . Seeds black , shiny , outer face rounded , inner face flattened and shallowly pitted . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Chlorophytum laxiflorum Baker
Phalangium laxum (R.Br.) F.Muell.
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Bichetii Grass
Siam Lily
False Lily Turf
Saint Bernard's Lily
Wheat Plant
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "These tiny plants (J: zuxezux, DA: esxalotteh, ta ta) come up soon after the beginning of the rains, and are especially common in the drier stony plains and plateaux areas of Dhofar. When dug up carefully, tiny little tubers can be found clustering around the root system, rather like miniature potatoes. They are rather watery in texture, but have a sweet flavour. They were never an important food source as were the other larger tubers, but when the rains come, these plants would come up in great profusion, and growing as they do in fairly widespread clumps, could on occasion provide a filling meal for herders and their children on the move after their herds, or could be nibbled to stave off hunger between the morning and evening milkings. The leaves, too, can be eaten, and these are also appreciated by
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Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://worldofsucculents.com 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. POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
