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