Pedalium murex Linn.

Common Name : Large caltrops
Family : Pedaliaceae

HABIT

A SHRUBBY, STIFF-STEMMED, SUCCULENT HERB GROWS UP TO 40 CM IN HEIGHT.

STEMS

MUCH BRANCHED, SPREADING, SUCCULENT, GLANDULAR.

LEAVES

SIMPLE, OPPOSITE, OVATE OR OBLONG-OBOVATE, 1- 4.5 CM LONG, IRREGULARLY AND COARSELY CRENATE-SERRATE.

FLOWERS

BRIGHT YELLOW, SOLITARY AND AXILLARY.

FRUITS

4 ANGLED WITH HORIZONTAL SPINES FROM THE ANGLES.