4992.000 Malva L. - Mallows

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually ± circular-reniform in outline. Flowers usually fasciculate, axillary, pink, mauve, purple or sometimes white. Epicalyx of 3, ± free, linear or ovate bracts. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-lobed; lobes triangular. Petals usually emarginate at apex. Ovary of 9-15 free carpels. Fruit a discoid schizocarp, separating into 9-15, indehiscent, awnless mericarps.

Worldwide: 40 species, occurring in Europe, the Mediterranean region, temperate Asia and on tropical African mountains

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

Malva sylvestris

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sylvestris L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Malva:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Malva
Flora of Zimbabwe: Malva

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Malva.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=937, retrieved 11 December 2024

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