- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Basionym : Malva coromandeliana L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Forest margins, wastelands
- Comments / notes : Occasionally occur along forest margins, near habitation, road cuttings and wastelands. Plant extracts are used in treatment of dysentry.
- Key identification features : Erect branching herbs; Flowers pale-yellow.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagara district, Kolar district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Davanagere district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Nagpur district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Himachal Pradesh : Kangra district, Kinnaur district
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Alabama, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Islands, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Louisian
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- 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
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district
- Saldanha
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 116-117
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Malvastrum coromandelianum
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Malvastrum coromandelianum. Downloaded on 3 February 2026.
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