Abelmoschus muliensis K.M.Feng

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Abelmoschus

Characteristics

Herbs to 1 m tall, velutinous. Stem ca. 5 mm thick, densely hirsute with yellow and long hairs. Stipule silklike, 1-1.5 cm, densely hirsute; petiole 1-4 cm, densely yellow hirsute; leaf blades on proximal part of stem round-cordate, 6-9 cm in diam., margin broadly dentate, apex obtuse or acute, those on distal part of stem ovate-sagittate, 7-10 × 5-7 cm, densely yellow hirsute, margin broadly dentate, apex obtuse. Flowers unknown. Capsule solitary or racemelike, axillary, stipe 2-4.5 cm, densely hirsute with yellow hairs. Epicalyx lobes 12, filiform, 15-30 × 2-3 mm, densely yellow hirsute. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 4.5-5.5 × 2.5-3 cm, densely yellow hirsute, shortly beaked, hirsute on adaxial surface. Seeds reniform, ca. 4 mm, glandularly striate.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Abelmoschus muliensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899045-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510897
COL ID 8K26
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Synonyms

Abelmoschus muliensis