Ethnobotanical plant

Dominant on rocks and buried pediments, it is a very rigid, spinous undershrub. Leaves are dark green, oblong, mucronate and pubescent. Flowers white with long tubes. Fruit a capsule, ellipsoid tapering at both ends. Seeds compressed, silky hairy and ovoid. Flowering and fruiting in October – March.

Part used: Whole plant

Usage: The decoction of whole plant is used in the treatment of toothache and to cure bleeding gums.