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Malvaviscus penduliflorus
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC., Prod. 1: 445. 1824; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 167. 1996; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 435. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 125. 2009.
Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var. penduliflorus (DC.) Schery, Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 29: 223. 1942; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 45. 1982; T.K. Paul & M.P. Nayar, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 179. 1988; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 394. 1993.
Malvaviscus arboreus ssp. penduliflorus (DC.) Hadae, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 432. 1970.
Malvaviscus longifolius Garcke, Allg. Gartenzeitung 22. 321. 1854.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Molakuchembarathy
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Turk's Cap
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Description:
Shrubs, to 3 m high; stems erect, branched, glabrous or pubescent with a row of simple hairs when young. Leaves alternate, elliptic or ovate, 3-angled, truncate or shallowly cordate at base, serrate-dentate at margin, acuminate at apex, 5-10 x 2-5 cm, glabrous; petioles 4-6 cm long, hirsute; stipules linear, 3-4 mm long, sparsely strigose. Flower axillary, solitary; pedicel ca 5 cm long, pubescent. Epicalyx lobes 5-8, connate at base, lanceolate or spatulate, 4-5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed; lobes ovate, acute, sparsely hairy at margin. Corolla crimson-red; Petals obovate, ca 6 cm long, erect, not spreading, auricled at base, angled at apex. Staminal column ca 8 cm long, 5-toothed at apex, antheriferous at tip, filaments retrorse. Ovary globose-depressed, hairy; stylar arms 10; stigmas hairy, purple. Fruiting unusual.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as garden plant, often found as an escape
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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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):
Red, Pink, Rose
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
Cheppad
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