Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malva verticillata var. verticillata [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Malva verticillata L.
Infraspecies:: Malva verticillata var. rafiqii Abedin

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aug	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue mallow	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
castillian mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common mallow	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
curled cheeseweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
curled mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
curly mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dongkuizi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
kransmalva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malva crespa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malva-crespa-verdadeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mauve crépue	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mauve verticillée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quiri-malve	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quirlmalve	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
东莨菪	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬葵子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
冬葵根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malva crispa (L.) L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1147 (1759).
Malva montana Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775).
Malva pulchella Bernh. Index Seminum (NKME, Erfordia) 1832: 3 (1833).
Malva verticillata var. crispa L. Sp. Pl.: 689 (1753).
Althaea crispa (L.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 261 (1862).
Malva abyssinica A.Braun Flora 24: 279 (1841).
Malva alchemillifolia Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1884 D (1829), not validly publ.
Malva brevifolia Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 64 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Malva chinensis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768).
Malva glomerata G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 286 (1830), not validly publ.
Malva hybrida Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 94 (1841), not validly publ.
Malva meluca Graebn. ex Medw. Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 11, Novye Kul't 1: 3 (1936).
Malva mohileviensis Downar Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(I): 177 (1861).
Malva neilgherrensis Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 950 (1845).
Malva nepalensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 95 (1841).
Malva olitoria Nakata Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 309 (1914).
Malva pulchella Colla Herb. Pedem. 1: 385 (1833), nom. illeg.
Malva pulchella var. abyssinica (A.Braun) Hedl. Bot. Not. 1891: 70 (1891).
Malva pulchella var. microphylla Hedl. Bot. Not. 1891: 70 (1891).
Malva verticillata subsp. chinensis (Mill.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 184 (2000).
Malva verticillata var. chinensis (Mill.) S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 6 (1955).
Malva verticillata subsp. crispa (L.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 607 (1936).
Malva verticillata subsp. crispa (L.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 184 (2000).
Malva verticillata var. olitoria (Nakata) Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 21: 105 (1936).
Malva verticillata subsp. pulchella (Bernh.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 184 (2000).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malva crispa	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Malva crispa (L.) L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Malva crispa L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Malva montana Lacaita	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Malva pulchella Bernh.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Malva verticillata L. var. crispa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Melva crispa L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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