EPPO Global Database

Abelmoschus ficulneus(HIBFC)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: HIBFC
  • Preferred name: Abelmoschus ficulneus
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott

Notes

Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malesia (Java, Lesser Sunda), Ethiopia, Somalia, East Africa, Zambia, Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland). Introduced in Indochina (Myanmar), Niger to Sudan, Nigeria


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Hibiscus ficulneus Linnaeus

Common names
Name
Language
ban dheras Bengali
white wild musk mallow English
native rosella English (AU)
junglee bhindi Hindi