Herbarium JCB

Hibiscus lobatus (J.A.Murray) Kuntze

Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Hibiscus lobatus
Basionym : Solandra lobata Murray
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze
Common name : Lobed leaf Mallow
Vernacular name : Magathutthi (Tam.); Atakanara (Tel.)
Collection Nos : KFP 8665; KFP 10460
Collector(s) Name : B.R.Ramesh & S.B.Manohar; S.R.Ramesh & B.R.Ramesh
Collection Date : 01/08/1979; 16/11/1979
Collection Locality : B.R.Hills, Chamarajnagar distict, Karnataka State; Swamimalai Forest, Sandur Hill, Bellary district, Karnataka State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : An erect annual subshrub. Leaves are 3-5-lobed, ovate-orbicular and hairy. Flowers are white or pink in terminal lax cymes or on a few-flowered racemes. Fruit is a small capsule, beaked and hairy with many seeds.
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : July-February
Comments : Common in forests up to 900 m along wayside and in waste places.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and Malesia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; 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 lobatus. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.