Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke

 
  • Family : MALVACEAE
    (HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
  • Species : Malvastrum coromandelianum
  • Basionym : Malva coromandeliana L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke
  • Key identification features : Moderate herbs, with hairy branchlets. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved from base with nerves impressed above and covered with stellate hairs beneath. Flowers are axillary or in terminal clusters. Epicalyx 4-segmented. Calyx is stellately hairy on the outside. Petals are yellow, obliquely obovate and emarginate at the apex. Staminal column truncate. Ovary globose. Mericaprs with 10-12 seeds.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : Common along forest margins, near habitations, road cuttings and wastelands. Plant extracts are used in treatment of dysentry.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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=Malvastrum coromandelianum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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