Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malva moschata L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
musk mallow	Other	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
musk-mallow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alcea pinnatifida Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 66 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Bismalva laciniata Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 350 (1868).
Bismalva moschata (L.) Medik. Malvenfam.: 39 (1787).
Malva alcea subsp. moschata (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 55 (1894).
Malva cordistipula Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 94 (1841), not validly publ.
Malva dethardingii Link ex Dethard. Consp. Pl. Megalopol.: 54 (1828).
Malva geraniifolia J.Gay Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 6: 125 (1836).
Malva laciniata Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 750 (1792).
Malva lamottei Jord. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 129 (1878).
Malva moschata f. alba Moldenke Phytologia 2: 138 (1946).
Malva moschata var. decalvata Johanss. Bot. Not. 1910: 231 (1910).
Malva moschata var. heterophylla Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 148 (1825).
Malva moschata var. integrifolia Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 148 (1825).
Malva moschata var. intermedia Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 1: 289 (1848).
Malva moschata var. laciniata (Desr.) Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 1: 289 (1848).
Malva moschata var. laciniata Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 148 (1825).
Malva moschata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 120 (1882).
Malva moschata var. ramondiana Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 1: 289 (1848).
Malva moschata f. subglabra Johanss. Bot. Not. 1910: 231 (1910).
Malva orsiniana Ten. Fl. Napol. 5: 85 (1836).
Malva tenuifolia Savi Due Cent. Piante: 122 (1804), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malva moschata	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Malva moschata L.	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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