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Hibiscus lobatus
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Hibiscus lobatus (Murr.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 19. 1898; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 87. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 26. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 61. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 79. 1990; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 336. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 35. 1995; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 125. 1996; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 59. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 37. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 83. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 30. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 35. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 28. 2002; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 414. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 149. 2009.
Solandra lobata Murr., Comm. Soc. Reg. Sc. Geott. 6: 20. t.1. 1785.
Hibiscus solandra L' Herit., Strip. Nov. 1: 103. t.49. 1788; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 336. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 98(70). 1915.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Lobed Leaf Mallow
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Description:
Erect shrubs, sparsely tomentose. Leaves distant, alternate, 10 cm across, broadly ovate, cordate at base, acuminate at apex, crenate, densely softly tomentose below. Flowers in subterminal and terminal panicles; pedicels 5-6 cm long, jointed towards the end; sepals ovate, obtuse, cuspidate, connate at base into a short campanulate tube, pubescent outside; petals 2 x 0.9 cm, yellow, obovate, obtuse; stamens many; filaments combined into a tube. Ovary 7-celled, ovules many in each; styles as many as the carpels; stigma terminal. Fruit a capsule, 15 x15 mm, truncate at apex; mericarps beaked, seeds many, reniform, 2.5 mm across, glabrous, grey.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vazhani, Kattalappara, Champakkad, Chinnar, Kathitheetimala, Thekkady, Vengoli, Kannimara, Pisiadamala, Tolpetty, Baveli, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Dhoni R. F., Kanjirakadavu, Ariankavu
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