Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. biakensis (Hochr.) Borss.Waalk.

Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aampruk	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
abelmoschus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
abelmosco	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
acirapattirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
almis	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
alvira	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
ambrete	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
ambrette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ambrette plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambrette seed	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
ambrette seed liquid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
ambrette seed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
badrak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban bheri	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban bhindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban kapas	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhinda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhindo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bomba kapel	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
borraja	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
bé nǐn dɔi	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
cattu-gasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimai ventaikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaiventaikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaiventi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dilendila	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
gandapura	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gombo musqué	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
habb-ul-mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habbul-mishk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habbul-mishk or habbul-mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habbul-mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hierba de culebra	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierba de semilla de culebra	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
irattakattutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli bhenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-bhendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kastoori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattu kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu kastuar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kadu kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu-kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalakatturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalo-bhendo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantukasthuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapukinissa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
karpoorabenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpurabenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpuri-benda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasthoori benda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasthoori bende	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasthooribhenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturbhendi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasturi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kasturi benda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasturi bende	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturi kanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasturi kande	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasturi ventai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturi-benda-vittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturi-bhendo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturi-dana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturi-vendai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasturi-vendaik-kay-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturi-venta-vitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturibenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturibenda-vittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturibende	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturibhend	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturibhenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturidana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturilatika	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kasturivendai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturivendaik-kayvirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturiventa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasturiventai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kastūrīlatikā (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattakasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu kasthuri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattu kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu ksturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu ventaikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-k-kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuk-kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkatturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattupparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katturiventai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuventaikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukahvaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kingombo	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
lata kasturi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
latakasturi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
latakasturika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latakasturikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moschus-bisameibisch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
moschuseibisch	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
mushak dana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mushk-dana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mushk-danah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mushkdana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musk mallow	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
musk mellow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
musk okra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
musk seed	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
musk-bhendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musk-mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
muskadaana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muskadana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muskdana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myskokra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nagdau	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagdau bhenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelabenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pettakattutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pon umattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pottakatturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pottakattutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santa elena	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
sataa kasthoori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
so ma ra dza	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
tropical jewel-hibiscus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
varttilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varttilaikasthuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattilai-kasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verrilaikasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verrilaikkasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zatakasturika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
කපුකිණිස්ස	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
སོ་མ་ར་ཛ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
roots		Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeds, fruits		Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
seeds	partially dried and crushed seeds	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
seed, oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
seed	seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hibiscus abelmoschus L. Sp. Pl.: 696 (1753).
Abelmoschus abelmoschus (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 157 (1895), not validly publ.
Abelmoschus officinalis Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. 2: 353 (1842), nom. superfl.
Hibiscus abelmoschus var. genuinus Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 151 (1900).
Hibiscus moschatus (Medik.) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 384 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abelmoschus moschatus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Abelmoschus moschatus (L.) Medik.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medic.	Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medicus	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. subsp. moschatus	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medikus	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Abelmoschus moschatus Moench	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
Abelmoschus moschatus ssp. moschatus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Hibiscus abelmoschus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Hibiscus abelmoschus L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)

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