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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ab-elmosch	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
abelmoschus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
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)
ambarina	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
ambette seed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ambrette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) 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) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
badrak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balu-wah	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ban bheri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban bhindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban kapas	Other	Pl. & 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)
bukul	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
bé nǐn dɔi	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 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)
galu gasturi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gandapura	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghost's cotton	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
huang kui	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huáng kuí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
kapas hantu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kapas hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kapasan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. & 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
kattaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
kon-kado	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
lata kasturi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lataakasturi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lataakasturikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muask mallow	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
mushkdaanaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
musk seed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
musk seeds	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
musk-bhendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musk-mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
musk-seed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
muskmallow	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
myskokra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
nzi	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ornamental okra	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
quimbombo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
rose mallow seeds	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
shè xiāng qiū kuí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
so ma ra dza	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
taw-wah	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tropical jewel hibiscus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tropical jewel-hibiscus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
yorka oker	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
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)
‫مسك‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
麝香秋葵	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄葵	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
roots		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root, leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seeds, fruits		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Leaf, root, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruits, whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
fruit with seeds		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
seed, root, leaves	fatty oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seeds	partially dried and crushed seeds	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
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) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Abelmoschus moschatus (L.) Medic.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Abelmoschus moschatus (L.) Medik.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Abelmoschus moschatus (Linn.) Medic.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medic.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medicus	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) 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) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. subsp. moschatus	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medikus	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Abelmoschus moschatus Moench	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Abelmoschus moschatus ssp. moschatus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Hibiscus Albelmoschus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hibiscus abelmoschus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Hibiscus abelmoschus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (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) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hibiscus abelmoschus Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Hibiscus abelomoschus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hibiscus ablemoscnus L.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

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