Thursday 13 August 2020

Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. var. grandiflorus Thwaites

Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorus Thwaites

a-bel-MOS-kus -- father (source) of musk ... Dave's Botanary
an-gew-LOH-sus -- full of corners; many angles ... Dave's Botanary
gran-dih-FLOR-us -- with large flowers ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: yellow wild musk mallow

botanical names: Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorus Thwaites ... synonyms: Hibiscus angulosus var. grandiflorus (Thwaites) Mast. • Hibiscus primulinus Alston ... Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph by V. V. Sivarajan, A. K. Pradeep
Bibliography / etymology
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yellow wild musk mallow
Abelmoschus -- father (source) of musk ... Dave's Botanary
Among the three varieties of Abelmoschus angulosus, this variety bears bright yellow dark-eyed flowers ... Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph by V. V. Sivarajan, A. K. Pradeep
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