Malachra capitata L.

Malva de caballo (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Malachra

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous plant. It grows 1.5m high.
Life form annual
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mostly in weedy fields or waste ground at elevations below 400 metres in Guatemala.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use fiber material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Lumbago (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Malachra capitata unspecified picture

Distribution

Malachra capitata world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Guam, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Thailand, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561424-1
WFO ID wfo-0000449780
COL ID 3XKC4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447306
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Napaea latifolia Urena moenchii Malachra capitata Malachra palmata Malachra velutina Urena capitata Sida capitata Malachra heptaphylla Malachra heptaphylla Malachra mexicana Urena capitata var. capitata Malachra capitata var. flavida Malachra capitata var. lasiocarpa Malachra capitata var. microcalyx Malachra capitata var. mollis Malachra capitata var. triloba