• 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) : Not found in The Plant List
• Common name : Tree Mallow, Yellow Mallow Tree, Wild Thespesia
• Vernacular name : Chalva (Hindi); Bania, Halbali (Oria); Kattuppoovarasu, Nirpatathi, Attuparuthi (Tamil); Yetagogu (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Plains, mainly coastal and river banks
• Comments / notes : Often planted in gardens.
• Flower, Fruit : January-April
• Distribution :
  • Odisha : Kendrapara district
• World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical regions of the World
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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.; 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 tiliaceus. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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