- 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 IPNI) : Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
- Vernacular name :
- Kaattukasthuri, Kaattuchembarathi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Shola
- Comments / notes : An extremely variable species with regard to shape of leaves, color of corolla & indumentum.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Gondia district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
- Native : Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- 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
- Saldanha, 1984
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
- M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abelmoschus angulosus var. angulosus. Downloaded on 28 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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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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