| Accepted name: |
Malva verticillata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Malva montana Forssk.
-Malva verticillata L. var. crispa L.
-Malva crispa L.
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| English names: |
Curled Mallow
Whorled Mallow
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| French names: |
Mauve verticillé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMALVE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The spontaneous area of this old cultivated plant is not known truly. Probably it came from Middle Asia and the regions southwards to the Himalayas. Already in former times introduced as vegetable and medicinal plant worldwide. It belongs to the oldest drugs in SE Asia. In China highly estimated as vegetable in former times, today only sometimes cultivated here(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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