Kantalo Bhende (Gujarati- કાંટાલૉ ભેંડે) (1070051100)

Description:

Malvaceae (mallow family) » Abelmoschus manihot a-bel-MOS-kus -- from Arabic, abu-al-mosk (father, or source of musk) MAN-ee-hot -- from manioc, the Brazilian name for the plant commonly known as: edible hibiscus, manihot-mallow, sunset hibiscus, yellow hibiscus • Assamese: usipak • Gujarati: કાંટાલૉ ભેંડે kantalo bhende • Hindi: जंगली भिंडी jungli bhindi • Marathi: रान भेंडी raan bhendi ... erect hispid 0.5-2.5 meters high herbs or undershrubs ... long slender tap root ... leaves extremely variable, the lower leaves are suborbicular in outline, cordate, palmately 3-7 lobed, the upper narrower, hastate or sagittate at the base with linear-oblong or triangular lobes. References: Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar • Purdue University