Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.

 

Family: Malvaceae

Synonym: Hibiscus abelmoschus var. genuinus Hochr. 

Vernacular name: Kattukasthuri

Habit: Sub-shrubs/herbs

Habitat: Forests slopes and dry places. Grasslands

Distribution: South Asia to Pacific Islands

Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

Key identification features: An undershrub with simple prickly or stellate hairs and palmately lobed or palmilobed leaves. Large yellow flowers in axillary solitary cymes with epicalyx.  Corolla yellow with dark purple, white or pink. Stamens indefinite monadelphous. Fruit capsule. 

Uses: The leaves and flowers are rubbed on scabies and also applied as a poultice on swellings. The leaves are antiinflammatory and febrifuge.




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