• Family : MALVACEAE
  (HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Hibiscus aculeatus
• Synonym : Hibiscus furcatus Roxb.; Hibiscus furcatus non Willd. sensu Matthew, 1983.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hibiscus hispidissimus Griff.
• Vernacular name : Betta bende, Huli gauri (Kan.); Konda gogu, Adavi gogu (Tel.); Piri-prirka (Ori.); Sathambasthi (San.)
• Habit : Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Comments : Occasional along road sides, hill cuttings and along forest edges of Eastern Ghats. The stem yeilds a strong fibre for cordage and rope.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Kurnool district, Rampa Hills (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Bolangir district, Cuttack district, Kalahandi district, Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tropical & South Africa
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; V.V.Sivarajan & A.K.Pradeep. (1996). Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph. pp. 106-112.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Hibiscus aculeatus. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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