5014.000 Abelmoschus Medik.

Hauman, L. (1963) Malvaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 92-190

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves palmately lobed. Flowers solitary, axillary, yellow with purple centre. Epicalyx (in ours) 10-12, linear. Calyx splitting laterally and deciduous with the corolla. Ovary 5-locular. Fruit an elongated, dehiscent capsule.

Worldwide: 15 species in the Old World tropics

Angola: 2 taxa.

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esculentus (L.) MoenchLADescription, Image
moschatus Medik.CN

Other sources of information about Abelmoschus:

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Flora of Angola: cultivated Abelmoschus
Flora of the DRC: Abelmoschus
Flora of the DRC: cultivated Abelmoschus
Flora of Kenya: Abelmoschus
Flora of Kenya: cultivated Abelmoschus
Flora of Mozambique: Abelmoschus
Flora of Tanzania: Abelmoschus
Flora of Tanzania: cultivated Abelmoschus
Flora of Uganda: Abelmoschus
Flora of Uganda: cultivated Abelmoschus
Flora of Zambia: Abelmoschus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Abelmoschus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Abelmoschus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Abelmoschus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Abelmoschus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Abelmoschus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Abelmoschus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Abelmoschus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Abelmoschus
JSTOR Plant Science: Abelmoschus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Abelmoschus
Plants of the World Online: Abelmoschus
Tropicos: Abelmoschus
Wikipedia: Abelmoschus

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