Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus [Malvaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambrette	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gandapura	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kasturi	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
moschus-bisameibisch	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
musk okra	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
musk-mallow	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
myskokra	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tropical jewel-hibiscus	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abelmoschus betulifolius Wall. Numer. List: n.° 87 (1829), nom. nud.
Abelmoschus chinensis Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 119 (1845).
Abelmoschus ciliaris (C.Presl) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 308 (1843).
Abelmoschus haenkeanus C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 134 (1835).
Abelmoschus lanyunatus (S.S.Ying) S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 4: 496 (1992).
Abelmoschus magnificus Wall. Numer. List: 87, n.° 1919 (1829), nom. nud.
Abelmoschus marianus C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 134 (1835).
Abelmoschus moschatus var. betulifolius (Mast.) Hochr. Candollea 2: 86 (1924).
Abelmoschus moschatus var. haenkeanus (C.Presl) Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 40 (1923).
Abelmoschus moschatus var. lanyunatus S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 3: 414 (1987).
Abelmoschus moschatus var. multiformis (Mast.) Hochr. Candollea 2: 86 (1924).
Abelmoschus multiformis Wall. Numer. List: 52, 87 (1829), nom. nud.
Abelmoschus pseudabelmoschus (Blume) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 308 (1842).
Abelmoschus sublobatus C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 134 (1835).
Hibiscus abelmoschus var. betulifolius Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 342 (1874).
Hibiscus abelmoschus var. multiformis Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 342 (1874).
Hibiscus cardiophyllus Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 509 (1885), nom. illeg.
Hibiscus chinensis Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 212 (1832), nom. illeg.
Hibiscus ciliaris C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 133 (1835).
Hibiscus flavescens Cav. Diss. 3: 164 (1787).
Hibiscus haenkeanus (C.Presl) Fern.-Vill. in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3. 4(13A): 25 (1880).
Hibiscus multiformis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 759 (1840), not validly publ.
Hibiscus pseudabelmoschus Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 70 (1825).
Hibiscus ricinifolius Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1915 (1829), nom. nud.
Hibiscus roxburghii Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 760 (1840).
Hibiscus sublobatus (C.Presl) Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 156 (1900).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. ssp. moschatus	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

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