Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hibiscus micranthus L.f. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bebila	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
calabharata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikararangwashu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khusiyat, rushid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mburi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfagio	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msase	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muambe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol egogia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sallaburta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siriwedi babila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tiny flower hibiscus	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
සිරිවැඩි බැබිල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bombyx micranthus (L.f.) I.Riedl Fl. Iranica 120: 34 (1976).
Hibiscus capillipes Mattei in E.Chiovenda, Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 31 (1916).
Hibiscus clandestinus Cav. Icon. 1: 1 (1791).
Hibiscus intermedius Hochst. ex T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 8 (1860), nom. illeg.
Hibiscus micranthus var. alii Abedin Pakistan J. Bot. 12: 53 (1980).
Hibiscus micranthus var. asper Cufod. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 48 (1948).
Hibiscus micranthus var. clandestinus (Cav.) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 205 (1941).
Hibiscus micranthus var. hermanniifolius Cufod. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 50 (1948).
Hibiscus micranthus var. lepineyi Sauvage Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 25-27: 383 (1949).
Hibiscus micranthus var. parvifolius (Hochst. ex T.Anderson) Cufod. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 49 (1948).
Hibiscus micranthus var. rigidus (L.f.) Cufod. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 49 (1948).
Hibiscus micranthus var. subclandestinus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 205 (1941).
Hibiscus parvifolius Hochst. ex T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 8 (1860).
Hibiscus pavoniformis Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 515 (1885).
Hibiscus rigidus L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 310 (1782).
Hibiscus suborbiculatus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1906 (1829), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hibiscus micranthus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Hibiscus micranthus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hibiscus micranthus L. f.	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Hibiscus micranthus L.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hibiscus micranthus Linn.f.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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