- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Basionym : Hibiscus manihot L.
- Synonym(s) : Abelmoschus manihot subsp. manihot
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
- Common name : Edible Hibiscus
- Vernacular name :
- Jungli Bhendi (Hindi)
- Kaadu Bendekaai (Kannada)
- Ram-bhendi (Marathi)
- Habit : Undershrub or shrub
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, road sides, wasteland, Shady hill slopes
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hilly slopes. Cultivated as vegetable mainly in Southeast Asia.
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Nagpur district, Mumbai Suburban district, Bhandara district, Buldhana district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Pune district, Ahmednagar district
- Odisha : Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Tirunelveli district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, China, Christmas Island, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, China, Christmas Island, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abelmoschus manihot. Downloaded on 28 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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