Menodora scabra (formerly Menodora scoparia)[3] is broom-like shrub in the Olive Family (Oleaceae), known by the common name rough menodora or broom twinberry.[4] It is a popular desert garden plant.[4]
Menodora scabra is a small, multibranched subshrub producing several upright stems no more than 30 centimeters tall. It is coated in rough hairs and short, woolly fibers.
Leaves and stemEdit
The leaves are oblong or oval, smooth along the edges, and opposite on the lower parts of the stems, becoming alternate above.[8] They are 1-3 cm long and 1-6 mm wide, the larger leaves located lower on the plant.
Flowers and fruitEdit
The inflorescence is a loose cluster of yellow flowers at the tip of a stem branch. The flower corolla has 4 to 6 lobes with the stamens and stigma protruding from the short throat. The fruit is a capsule.[9][10][11]
Ethnobotanical usesEdit
Native American Navajo people developed cold infusion of this plant to treat heartburn and facilitate labor for childbirth. A root decoction was used to treat spinal pain.[12]
ReferencesEdit
^E. Knoblauch: Oleaceae, Salvadoraceae. In Engler, Prantl (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien [...] IV. Teil. 2. Abteilung Leipzig, W. Engelmann
^Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Menodora scabra
^Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed., p. 237
^Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
^Littlefield, Larry J.; Burns, Pearl M. (2015). Wildflowers of the Northern and Central Mountains of New Mexico: Sangre de Cristo, Jemez, Sandia, and Manzano. Albuquerque: University of new Mexico Press. p. 202. ISBN9780826355478.
External linksEdit
Calphotos Photo gallery
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Firefly Forest, Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and Plants of the Sonoran Desert
Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness, Western New Mexico University
Southwest Biodiversity Information Network
August 25, 2023
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