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Malvastrum coromandelianum
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke, Bonplandia 5: 295. 1857; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 88(64). 1915; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 62. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 81. 1990; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 277. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 31. 1995; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 219. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 31. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 124. 2009; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 85. 2005; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 385. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 151. 2009.
Malva coromandeliana L., Sp. Pl. 687. 1753.
Malva tricuspidata R.Br. ex Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 4: 210. 1812.
Malvastrum tricuspidatum (R.Br. ex Ait.f.) A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3: 16. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 321. 1874.
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Description:
Herbs to 50 cm tall; stem with appressed stellate hairs. Leaves 2-8 x 1-3 cm, ovate or lanceolate, unlobed or shallowly 3-lobed, broadly rounded to cuneate at base, margins dentate to nearly serrate, acute to acuminate at apex, 3-5-nerved at base, petioles 2-3 cm long, stellate-hairy; stipules 3-5 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, early deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary, often clustered; pedicels slender, 5-8 mm long. Involucellar bracts shorter than calyx, 4-6 x 7-10 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, strigose-hairy. Calyx 4-6 mm long in flower, and 8-12 mm long in fruit; lobes 5, 3-4 x 2-4 mm, deltoid, acuminate, fused to the middle, hirsute. Corolla 1-1.5 cm in diam., widely campanulate, pale yellow; petals 6-8 x 4-5 mm, obliquely obovate, exceeding the calyx lobes. Staminal column 3-4 mm long, glabrous. Schizocarps 5-6 mm diameter, enclosed within the calyx; mericarps 10 -12, 3-4 x 3-4 mm, setose with a single conspicuous apical and two dorsal cusps.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forests and wastelands
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Thekkady, Tiruvalla, Baveli, Walayar, Alleppey town, Pooyamkutty, Thenmalai
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