Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malva arborea (L.) Webb & Berthel. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baum-malve	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jättemalva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mallow	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
malva cultivated	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
tree mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, aerial part, bud, flower		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lavatera arborea L. Sp. Pl.: 690 (1753).
Althaea arborea (L.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 260 (1862).
Anthema arborea (L.) Medik. Malvenfam.: 42 (1787).
Lavatera arborea var. berlengensis Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 121 (1893).
Lavatera arborea var. genuina Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 121 (1893), not validly publ.
Lavatera arborea var. lasiocalyx Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne): n.° 4177.
Lavatera arborea variegata W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 199: 78 (1884).
Lavatera eriocalyx Steud. Flora 39: 438 (1856).
Lavatera veneta Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768).
Malva dendromorpha M.F.Ray Novon 8: 292 (1998), nom. superfl.
Malva eriocalyx (Steud.) Molero & J.M.Monts. Fontqueria 55: 289 (2005).
Malva fastuosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 381 (1796), nom. superfl.
Malva umbellata Bertero Mercurio Chileno: 695 (1829), sensu auct.
Malva veneta (Mill.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 146: 231 (2005).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lavatera arborea	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lavatera arborea L.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Malva arborea (L.) Webb & Berthel.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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