EPPO Global Database

Malvastrum coromandelianum(MAVCO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MAVCO
  • Preferred name: Malvastrum coromandelianum
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Garcke

Notes

USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except Brazil and southern cone). Introduced in Morocco, Canary islands, Cabo Verde islands, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, China (including Taiwan), Japan, most of subsaharan Africa (except Zaïre and surrounding states), Hawaii


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Malvastrum tricuspidatum (Aiton) A.Gray

Common names
Name
Language
sài kuí Chinese
赛葵 Chinese
broomweed English
clock plant English
crumpled-leaved broomweed English
false mallow English
soap bush English
spine-seeded false-mallow English
prickly malvastrum English (AU)
herbe panier French
kharenti Hindi
enoki-aoi Japanese
エノキアオイ Japanese
guaxima Portuguese
malvastro Portuguese
vassourinha Portuguese
guanxuma Portuguese (BR)
chichibe Spanish
escoba blanca Spanish
escoba dura Spanish
malvavisco Spanish
raja mano Spanish
afata blanca Spanish (AR)
yerba del potro Spanish (AR)
yatum Spanish (BO)
malva mulata Spanish (CU)