• Family : MALVACEAE
  (HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Hibiscus tiliaceus
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
• Common name : Tree Mallow, Yellow Mallow Tree, Wild Thespesia
• Vernacular name : Chelwa (Hin.); Kattuppoovarasu (Tam.); Baniya, Halbali (Ori.)
• Key identification features : A much-branched mangrove and littoral small evergreen tree with stout crooked trunk and numerous spreading branches that almost touch the ground. Leaves are alternate, simple, with a pair of large leaf-like appendages at the base of the petiole, broad and heart-shaped at base and pointy at the apex. Flowers are borne singly in leaf axils or in few-flowered inflorescences at the ends of branches. The petals show wrinkled appearance. The fruit is an ovoid, hairy, 5-valved capsule surrounded by persistent calyx and an outer calyx-like epicalyx. Bark is smoke-grey with white patches and is deeply furrowed.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : January-April
• Comments : Often planted in gardens.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• World Distribution : Tropical & sub-Tropical regions of the World
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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 tiliaceus. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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