Malva sylvestris L. from Kashmir, cultivated and often found as an escape in wastelands and roadsides, photographed from Balgarden, Srinagar on June 22, 2010
Common names:
English: C
heeses, common mallow, High mallow (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English, Tall mallow
French: Mauve des bois
Kashmir: Sotsul, Khalazi
Hindi: Gulkhair, Kunzi, Vilaiti gangai, Sonchal
Kan: Sannablundigegida
Mumbai: Khubasi
Cooked as vegetable; good source of corotene; ornamental; flowers, Flores Malvae, used for gorgles and mouth washes.
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