African Plant Database


Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Family : MALVACEAE
Protologue : Methodus (Moench) 617 (1794)
Information on the genus : Abelmoschus
Basionym : Hibiscus esculentus L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (naturalised)
Status for NA : accepted (cultivated)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Hibiscus esculentus L. (1753)
 Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench var. esculentus
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=*Hibiscus hispidissimus A. Chev. (1940)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Abelmoschus esculentus var. textilis A. Chev.
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench var. esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus var. praecox (Forssk.) A. Chev.
 
Ecology and distribution
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; distribution: Comoros, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Africa, Europe, Asia, New World,

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Fl. Eur. 2: 256 (1968).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Germplasm Resources Information Network
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Flora of Mozambique
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
Map
carte afrique num 166536
 
Record n°166536 modified 2010-12-07
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