- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Synonym(s) : Cistus tricuspis (Banks ex Cav.) Darwin; Abelmoschus guineensis Walp.; Hibiscus boninensis Nakai; Hibiscus circinnatus Willd.; Hibiscus corrugatus J.W.Moore; Hibiscus guineensis DC.; Hibiscus hastatus L.f.; Hibiscus porophyllus Vell.; Hibiscus tiliaceus f. albiflorus (O.Deg. & Greenwell) H.St.John; Hibiscus tiliaceus var. genuinus Hochr.; Hibiscus tiliifolius Salisb.; Hibiscus tortuosus Roxb.; Hibiscus tricuspis Banks ex Cav.; Kosteletzkya hastata Garcke; Parita tiliaceus (L.) Scop.; Pariti boninense (Nakai) Nakai; Pariti circinnatum (Willd.) G.Don; Pariti grande Britton; Pariti guineense G.Don; Pariti hastatum (L.f.) O.Deg. & Greenwell; Pariti purpurascens Seem.; Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss.; Pariti tiliifolium Nakai; Pariti tortuosum (Roxb.) Voigt; Pariti tricuspe (Banks ex Cav.) G.Don; Talipariti hastatum (L.f.) Fryxell; Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell; Talipariti tortuosum (Roxb.) Fryxell
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
- 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 : The flowers towards evening, or when withering, turn brick-red. It yields a strong, white, useful fibre, used for making ropes and elephant gear for dragging timber.
- Key identification features : Leaves ovate to orbicular, unlobed or rarely 3-lobed, apex acuminate or rounded, base cordate, margin entire to obscurely dentate, glabrous or sparsely stellate-pubescent above, glabrous or stellatetomentose below; petiole, sparsely to densely stellate-tomentose; stipules lanceolate to narrowly ovate, caducuous.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Victoria garden, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Kendrapara district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Assam : Assam
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Aldabra, India, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Congo, Cook Is., Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 96
- N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hibiscus tiliaceus. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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