Herbarium JCB

Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet

Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet
Vernacular name : Marathuthi (Tamil); Kandagogu (Telugu)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Evergreen- and deciduous forests
Comments / notes : Occasional in deciduous forests on exposed hill slopes up to 1000m; along forest borders or along streams.
Key identification features : Large shrub or small tree. Brachlets warty, stellalte pubescent. Fruit pink with dark centre. Fruit with fulvous scales. Flowers fade to purple by noon
Flower, Fruit : August-November
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R & Raja K.Swamy
Collection Date : 11/09/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-42
Collection Locality : Melpatti, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TD)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district
- Kerala : Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Konkan
- Odisha : Hills of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hibiscus platanifolius. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.