Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
jianyeqiukui	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
箭叶秋葵	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abelmoschus esquirolii (H.Lév.) S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 153: 40 (1955).
Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus (Span.) Borss.Waalk. Blumea 14: 93 (1966).
Hibiscus sagittifolius Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40: 46 (1871).
Abelmoschus brevicapsulatus (Hochr.) Hochr. Candollea 2: 86 (1924).
Abelmoschus coccineus S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 153: 39 (1955).
Abelmoschus coccineus var. acerifolius S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 153: 40 (1955).
Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. quinquelobus (Gagnep.) Bân & Xuyen Checkl. Pl. Sp. Vietnam 2: 557 (2003).
Abelmoschus moschatus var. rugosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Hochr. Candollea 2: 86 (1924).
Abelmoschus rhodopetalus F.Muell. Fragm. 2: 113 (1861).
Abelmoschus rugosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 43 (1834).
Abelmoschus sagittifolius var. septentrionalis (Gagnep.) Merr. Rep. Sci. Invest. Group Hainan Island Taihoku Imp. Univ. 1: 94 (1942).
Abelmoschus sharpei Copel. ex Merr. Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 17: 29 (1904).
Abelmoschus todayensis Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2752 (1915).
Abelmoschus vanoverberghii Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 29 (1918).
Hibiscus abelmoschus var. rugosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 152 (1900).
Hibiscus bellicorus H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 273 (1915).
Hibiscus bodinieri var. brevicalyculata H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 184 (1913).
Hibiscus brevicapsulatus Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 160 (1917).
Hibiscus esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 184 (1913).
Hibiscus hirtus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 203 (1832), nom. illeg.
Hibiscus longifolius var. tuberosus Span. Linnaea 15: 170 (1841).
Hibiscus moschatus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 53 (1834), not validly publ.
Hibiscus rhodopetalus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. Fl. Austral. 1: 209 (1863).
Hibiscus rhodopetalus f. angustisectus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 402 (1928).
Hibiscus rhodopetalus var. angustisectus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 402 (1928).
Hibiscus rhodopetalus var. chillagoensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 402 (1928).
Hibiscus rhodopetalus f. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 402 (1928), not validly publ.
Hibiscus rugosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Roxb. ex Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 342 (1874).
Hibiscus sagittifolius var. quinquelobus Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 385 (1907).
Hibiscus sagittifolius var. septentrionalis Gagnep. Observ. Bot. 1: 435 (1910).
Hibiscus sharpei (Copel. ex Merr.) Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 161 (1917).
Hibiscus subnudus Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 19 (1911).
Hibiscus todayensis (Elmer) Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 162 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abelmoschus esquirolii (Lévl.) S.Y.Hu	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medic. subsp. tuberosus (Span) Borss.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr.	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hibiscus sagittifolius Kurz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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