• 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) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Lower ghats
• Key identification features : Hairy herb. Leaves oblong, acute, serrate. Involucral bracts 6-9, subulate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx divided nearly to the base. Capsule globose. Seeds hairy.
• Flower, Fruit : October-January
• Collection Nos : Talbot 68 (CAL)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
  • Maharashtra : Osmanabad district, Nagpur district
• Endemism : Western Peninsula (Karnataka, Maharashtra)
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.; 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 talbotii. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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