Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kapukinessa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kapukinissa	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
කපුකිණිස්ස	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
seed	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorus Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 26 (1858).
Abelmoschus angulosus var. mahendragiriensis R.C.Misra Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 65: 997 (2017).
Abelmoschus angulosus var. purpureus Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 26 (1858).
Hibiscus angulosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Steud. ex Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 341 (1874).
Hibiscus angulosus var. grandiflorus (Thwaites) Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 341 (1875).
Hibiscus angulosus var. purpureus (Thwaites) Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 341 (1875).
Hibiscus molochinus Alston in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 29 (1931).
Hibiscus primulinus Alston in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 29 (1931).
Hibiscus setinervis Dunn Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 324 (1914).
Hymenocalyx variabilis Zenker Pl. Ind.: 9 (1835).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abelmoschus angulosus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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