Herbarium JCB

Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke

Family : MALVACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Malvastrum coromandelianum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke
Common name : Three lobed False Mallow
Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 650, CJS 10647
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
Native : Central America
Comments : Frequent in scrub and waste places.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere