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<big>''[[Limeum obovatum]]'' Vicary</big>
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:Protologue: Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 16: 1163 (1847).
== Synonyms ==
*''Limeum indicum'' Stocks ex T.Anderson (1861). == Vernacular names ==
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
In Tibesti (northern Chad) the seeds of ''Limeum obovatum'' are collected as food. They are a famine food for the Touareg in the Hoggar Mountains in southern Algeria. In Kordofan (Sudan) the plant in all growth stages is reportedly grazed by livestock, especially sheep. In Chad the plant is used for the treatment of burns.
== Botany Description ==
*Annual or short-lived perennial, glandular-pubescent herb; stems prostrate, up to 40 cm long, pale brown, strongly branched. *Leaves opposite, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole up to 5 mm long; blade orbicular to obovate or elliptical, up to 12 mm × 10 mm, cuneate at base, rounded at apex. *Inflorescence an apparently axillary cyme up to 5 mm across. *Flowers bisexual, regular, small, green; sepals 5, ovate, c. 2.5 mm long, acuminate; petals absent; stamens 7, inserted on a disk; ovary superior, 2-celled, styles 2. *Fruit splitting into 2 mericarps; mericarp indehiscent, hemispherical, smooth, pale brown, 1-seeded. == Other botanical information ==
''Limeum'' comprises about 20 species and is distributed in the Old World tropics, with the centre of distribution in south-western Africa. ''Limeum'' is sometimes included in the family ''Aizoaceae'' and occasionally in ''Phytolaccaceae''.
== Ecology ==
== Author(s) ==
* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Brink, M., 2006. '''Limeum obovatum''' Vicary. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Brink, M. & Belay, G. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.