Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Hibiscus micranthus L.f.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Hibiscus capillipes Mattei |
synonym | Hibiscus clandestinus Cav. |
synonym | Hibiscus gossypinus DC. |
synonym | Hibiscus hermanniifolius Hochst. |
synonym | Hibiscus intermedius Hochst. ex T. Anders. |
synonym | Hibiscus micranthus var. grandifolius Fiori |
synonym | Hibiscus micranthus var. hermanniifolius Hochst. ex Cuf. |
synonym | Hibiscus micranthus var. parvifolius (Hochst. ex Anders.) Cuf. |
synonym | Hibiscus parvifolius Hochst. ex Anders. |
synonym | Hibiscus pavoniformis Baill. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Subshrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Habit: A slender branching undershrub, upto 1m.
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Subshrubs; branchlets stellate, pubescent. Leaves 3-6.5 x 3-6 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, shallowly 3-lobed, 5-nerved, dentate; petiole to 4 cm, pubescent, stipules linear, 8 mm. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels to 3 cm, jointed below the flower, curved, bracteoles 6, 2 mm; calyx lobes 3 mm, ovate; petals 1 x 0.5 cm, oblong, white; staminal column 6 mm; anthers yellow, ovary 5 celled, styles branches 5, 2 mm. Capsule 5 mm, subglobose; seeds 3-4 in each cell, clothed with long silky hairs.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Flower
Solitary; white. Flowering from March-May.
Fruit
A globose capsule, puberulous; seeds many, hairy. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Branchlets stellate-tomentose. Leaves 5-nerved from base.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate-distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Ovate, suborbicular or elliptic
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Subcordate
Leaf Margin
Serrate
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Scrub jungles
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Scrub jungles
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Very common on foothills, scrub jungles. India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Arabia.
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Description
Maharashtra: Kolhapur
Kerala: Idukki, Palakkad
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
South Asia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Found in scrub jungles, roadside thickets and wastelands from plains to 300m. Common. Tropical Africa, Arabia, India and Sri Lanka.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5430
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It has significant anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and neuromuscular blocking properties.
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5430
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Hibiscus micranthus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 308. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 335. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 97(70). 1915; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 330. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 97. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 36. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 28. 2002.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5430
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Hibiscus micranthus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 308. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 335. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 97(70). 1915; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 330. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 97. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 36. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 28. 2002.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malvales Juss. |
Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
Genus | Hibiscus L. |
Species | Hibiscus micranthus L.f. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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