Malvaceae week :: Abelmoschus manihot

[Dinesh Valke]

Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.

• a-bel-MOS-kus -- from Arabic, abu-al-mosk (father, or source of musk)
• MAN-ee-hot -- from manioc, the Brazilian name for the plant

 
Aug 10, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane 


commonly known as: edible hibiscus, manihot-mallow, sunset hibiscus, yellow hibiscus • Assamese: usipak • Gujarati: કાંટાલૉ ભેંડે kantalo bhende • Hindi: जंगली भिंडी jungli bhindi • Marathi: रान भेंडी raan bhendi 

Native to: China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malesia; widely cultivated in tropics 

•  ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane
•  ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane
•  ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane
•  ... Sep 18, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane
•  ... Aug 24, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Arya]

Gorgeous pics Dinesh Ji. Thanks for sharing

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Ushadi micromini]

Love your ppics, and vernacular names ...
Usha di
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On Sep 5, 5:31 am, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gorgeous pics Dinesh Ji. Thanks for sharing
>

> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > *Abelmoschus manihot *(L.) Medik.
>
> >    - *a-bel-MOS-kus* -- from Arabic, *abu-al-mosk* (father, or source of
> >    musk)
> >    - *MAN-ee-hot* -- from *manioc*, the Brazilian name for the plant
>
> > [image: Abelmoschus manihot]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

>
> > Aug 10, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane
>

> > *commonly known as*: edible hibiscus, manihot-mallow, sunset hibiscus,
> > yellow hibiscus • *Assamese*: usipak • *Gujarati*: કાંટાલૉ ભેંડે kantalo
> > bhende • *Hindi*: जंगली भिंडी jungli bhindi • *Marathi*: रान भेंडी raan
> > bhendi
>
> > *Native to*: China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malesia; widely
> > cultivated in tropics
>
> >    - [image: Abelmoschus manihot]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

> >     ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane

> >    - [image: Abelmoschus manihot]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

> >     ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane

> >    - [image: Abelmoschus manihot]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

> >     ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane

> >    - [image: Abelmoschus manihot]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

> >     ... Sep 18, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane

> >    - [image: Jungli Bhindi (Hindi: जंगली भिंडी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

[Mohan V. Chunkath]

Dear Dinesh ji,

Absolutely stunning photographs. Cheers!

Mohan

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much for the appreciation, Mohan ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

BSI Flora of India says that subsp. manihot is mainly cultivated in southeast Asia and sometimes occurs as an escape from cultivation, while subsp. tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Homem.) Borss. is distributed through out India.

In view taking this as subsp. tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Homem.) Borss. 

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J.M.Garg

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