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Angled Wild Mallow

Abelmoschus angulosus

Angled Wild Mallow
Photo: text: Robert Wight; artist: Rungiah and others, Public domain
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Pakistan to W. Malesia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Abelmoschus angulosus is a plant species in the family Malvaceae, found in the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. It grows in temperate and wet regions between 750 and 2000 m, and is the only wild species of the genus Abelmoschus with a notable tolerance to low temperatures and light frost.

Other Abelmoschus plants

West African Okra · Hairy Okra · Okra · Abelmoschus ficulneus · Abelmoschus hostilis · Sunset Hibiscus · Musk okra · Abelmoschus rhodopetalus · Okra · Okra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abelmoschus angulosus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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