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2. Abelmoschus crinitus Wall.wfo-0000510854

Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 39. t. 44. 1830; Hochr., Candollea 2: 85. 1924; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java I: 435. 1963; Borss.Waalk., Blumea 14: 103. 1966; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvaceae S. Penins. India: 61. 1996; Y.Tang et al. in C.Y. Wu et al., Fl. China 12: 284. 2007.— Bamia crinita Wall., Cat. n. 1922. 1829, nom. nud.— Hibiscus crinitus (Wall.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 480. 1831; Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 15: 94. 1934.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Hibiscus cancellatus Roxb. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 480. 1831, nom. illeg.— Hibiscus cancellatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 3: 201. 1832; Mast. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 342. 1874.— Abelmoschus cancellatus Wall. ex Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 119. 1845.
Abelmoschus hainanensis S.Y.Hu, Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 153: 37. 1955.


Description : Subshrub 0.5–2 m tall; stem erect, covered with stellate hairs, minute stellate hairs and simple hairs. Leaves angular or shallowly to deeply palmately 5–7-lobed, 10–15 cm in diam., base cordate, apex acute to acuminate; lobes triangular, ovate or oblong, margin coarsely dentate to serrate, simple and minute stellate hairs on both surfaces; palmately 5–7-nerved. Petiole 1–16 cm long, stellate hairy as the stem. Stipules filiform, 1–2.5 cm long, with long simple hairs. Flower solitary, near end of branches or in raceme-like inflorescences. Peduncle 1.5–2(–3) cm long. Epicalyx lobes 10–20, linear, 2–3 by 0.1–0.2 cm, spreading, densely covered with simple patent long hairs and minute stellate hairs. Calyx 2–2.7 cm long, hairy. Corolla yellow with dark red centre. Petals obovate, 6–8 by 4–5 cm, glabrous. Staminal column ca 2 cm long; anthers throughout the column; stylar branches ca 4 mm long; stigmas globose, dark red. Capsule ovoid to globose 2.5–3.5 by 2–3 cm, slightly ribbed, densely covered with simple and stellate hairs. Seeds reniform, ca 3 mm long, glabrous, with papillose ridges.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son (Khun Yuam), Chiang Mai; NORTH-EASTERN: Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Buri Ram; SOUTH-WESTERN: Phetchaburi (Huai Sai).


Distribution : India, Pakistan, Myanmar (type), S China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Java, the Philippines.


Ecology : In deciduous forests, dry mixed deciduous forests, rather common in secondary forests, scattered in scrub forests, up to 500 m alt.


Vernacular : Krachiap lawa (กระเจี๊ยบละว้า)(Northern).


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