Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalabharatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dokala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lopale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malekaduhatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nithyamalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sannadaasavaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thutthurubenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hibiscus canescens B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 49 (1834).
Hibiscus baidoensis Chiov. Fl. Somala 1: 100 (1929).
Hibiscus baidoensis var. parvifolius Chiov. Fl. Somala 1: 101 (1929).
Hibiscus brackenridgei var. kauaianus Caum Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 9(5): 5 (1930).
Hibiscus calycosus A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 62 (1848).
Hibiscus ficarius E.Mey. ex Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 170 (1860).
Hibiscus lanzae Cufod. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 131 (1939).
Hibiscus rockii O.Deg. & I.Deg. in O.Degener, Fl. Hawaiiensis 221: [s.p.] (1962).
Hibiscus subtrilobatus Hochst. ex Mast. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 203 (1868).
Hibiscus triumfettifolius Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 312 (1827).
Urena ovalifolia Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hibiscus canescens B.Heyne ex Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hibiscus ovalifolius (Forssk.) Vahl	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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