Herbarium JCB

Hibiscus micranthus L.f.

Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Hibiscus micranthus
Synonym : Hibiscus ovalifolius auct. non Vahl
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hibiscus micranthus L.f.
Collection Nos : FAP 33605
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Sandhya Rani
Collection Date : 08/04/09
Collection Locality : Thummalapalle mining area, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Scrub forest
Key identification features : An undershrub with stiff, terete branches, scabrid and covered with stellate bristles . Leaves are simple, cordate and with spiny stipules. Flowers are small, white or pink. Pedicels are long, jointed above the middle, scabrid with stellate hairs. Fruit is a globose capsule, which dehisces into 5-valves, smooth outside and hairy within.
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : Common in road sides, dry hills, scrub jungles and wastelands.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Pakistan
Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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 micranthus. Downloaded on 4 April 2025.