Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malachra capitata (L.) L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
malva	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
marupa	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vanbhendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hibiscus capitatus (L.) Mabb. Mabberley's Pl.-Book, ed. 4: 1101 (2017).
Malachra capitata var. flavida Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891).
Malachra capitata var. lasiocarpa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891).
Malachra capitata var. microcalyx Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891).
Malachra capitata var. mollis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891).
Malachra capitata var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891), not validly publ.
Malachra capitata var. triloba Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891).
Malachra heptaphylla Fisch. in J.W.Horneman, Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl.: 78 (1819).
Malachra mexicana Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1830: 3 (1830).
Malachra palmata Moench Methodus: 615 (1794).
Malachra triloba Desf. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 578 (1814).
Malachra velutina Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 17: 182 (1862).
Napaea latifolia Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 387 (1845).
Sida capitata L. Sp. Pl.: 685 (1753).
Urena capitata (L.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 219 (1890).
Urena capitata var. rotundifolia M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 219 (1890).
Urena moenchii M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 219 (1890).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malachra capitata (L.) L.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Malachra capitata L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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