Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke

Malvaceae, Bernard Verdcourt & Geoffrey Mwachala. Pavonia, B Verdcourt; Kosteletzkya, OJ Blanchard Jr.; Gossypium, P Fryxell & B Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

Type

Type: Hortus Upsaliensis, Linnean Herb. 870.3 (LINN, lecto.) (fide Abedin)

Morphology General Habit

Annual or perennial herb 0.2–1 m tall but sometimes flowering when only 6 cm tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems with appressed stellate hairs

Morphology Leaves

Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–7.8 × 0.6–5.5 cm, unlobed or sometimes shallowly 3-lobed, acute at the apex, truncate or rounded to cuneate at base with simple and stellate hairs on both surfaces; petiole 0.5–2(–4) cm long; stipules 2–6(–8) mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers solitary, axillary, sometimes at maturity congested at apices or rarely on reduced 2–3-flowered axillary branches near apex; pedicel 1–2 mm long becoming 3–5 mm in fruit; epicalyx bracts 4–6 mm long; calyx 5–7 mm long, up to 11 mm long in fruit; lobes triangular, 4–5 × 2–2.5 mm (6–7 × 5–6 mm in fruit)

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla yellow or orange, the petals 0.6–1.3 cm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style

Style branching 2 mm above its base

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Mericarps 9–14(–15) with a single cusp on upper margin near proximal end and 2 apical cusps at distal end, upper margin with dense crest of hairs; lateral faces conspicuously ribbed especially at margin

Figures

Fig 21, p 111

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 340 - 2780 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba, subarbusto

Conservation

No Evaluada

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

escobilla, escobillo, escobo, escubilla, malva, malva blanca

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit

A woody annual herb, decumbent or up to 1 m tall, the stems clothed with stiff adpressed 4-branched hairs, the leaves with similar hairs and also simple ones; leaves 1–10 cm long, the blades oblong to ovate, obtuse, with coarsely serrate margins; petioles 0.5–3 cm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers short-stalked, solitary in the leaf-axils or occasionally several together at apex of the stem; bracteoles about equal in length to the calyx and inserted on its base

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 5–8 mm long, hairy; petals pale yellow or dull orange, 7–9 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels

Carpels 10 or more, with 2 short spines at the middle of the back and a longer one at the top, surrounded by hairs.

Distribution

Grand Cayman. Pantropical, said to be introduced from America to the Old World.

Ecology

A weed of roadsides and open waste ground.

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 340–2780 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Herb, Subshrub.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.

Use Animal Food

Used as animal food.

Use Food

Used for food.

Use Materials

Used as material.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.