- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Basionym : Hibiscus ficulneus L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn.
- Vernacular name :
- Ranbhindi (Hindi)
- Sanna bende (Kannada)
- Nari vendai, Kattu-vendai (Tamil)
- Parupu benda, Nela bende (Telugu)
- Jangli Bhendi (Marathi)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Scrub forests
- Comments / notes : Abundant in plains, arable lands, fallow fields and tank bunds.
- Key identification features : Flowers are cream, open by 9 am and fade to purple by noon. Fruits bulky.
- Flower, Fruit : September-March
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, B. Sadasivaiah
- Collection Date : 19/10/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 40463
- Collection Locality : Chinna Kudala, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Raichur district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Guinea, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Guinea, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Saldanha, 1984
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abelmoschus ficulneus. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.
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