Abelmoschus manihot var. pungens (Roxb.) Hochr.

Variety

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Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It has yellow prickly hairs. The leaves have 5-7 lobes. These are narrow and 8-18 cm long by 0.8-1.2 cm wide. The flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. They are yellow with a black centre.
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Plants with conspicuous yellow prickly hairs throughout including margins of epicalyx lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on open grassy slopes in India between 1000-1500 m altitude. In southern China between 1,000-1,200 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The long tuberous roots are sweet and are eaten. The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Abelmoschus manihot var. pungens world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60463346-2
WFO ID wfo-0000510882
COL ID 5LWM2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Abelmoschus multilobatus Abelmoschus pungens Hibiscus forrestii Hibiscus pungens Abelmoschus vriesianus Hibiscus vriesianus Abelmoschus manihot var. pungens Hibiscus manihot var. pungens