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Genus: Abelmoschus
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Malvoideae tribe: Hibisceae.
Nomen number: 623
Place of publication: Malvenfam. 46. 1787
Name verified on: 09-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jan-2006
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions:
66 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
See also subordinate taxa:
- musk okra (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2
) – English
- musk okra (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2
) – English [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- musk-mallow (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2
) – English
- musk-mallow (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- tropical jewel-hibiscus (Source: Man HerbPl
) – English
- tropical jewel-hibiscus (Source: Man HerbPl
) – English [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- jian ye qiu kui (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus]
- ambrette (Source: CRC MedHerbs
) – French
- ambrette (Source: CRC MedHerbs
) – French [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- Moschus-Bisameibisch (Source: Zander Ency
) – German [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- gandapura (Source: Pl Res SEAs
19:57.) – Indonesian
- gandapura (Source: Pl Res SEAs
19:57.) – Indonesian [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- kasturi (Source: Pl Res SEAs
19:57.) – Indonesian
- kasturi (Source: Pl Res SEAs
19:57.) – Indonesian [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- myskokra (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus]
- More:
- More:
Native:
- ASIA-TEMPERATE
China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan
Eastern Asia: Taiwan
- ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka
North Indian Ocean: India - Andaman and Nicobar
Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam
Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
- AUSTRALASIA
Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia [n.]
Naturalized:
- PACIFIC
Southwestern Pacific: Fiji [natzd.?]
Cultivated:
- AFRICA
Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
- ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: India
Malesia: Indonesia - Java
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Mesoamerica: Central America
South America - also cultivated elsewhere
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Bates, D. M.
1968. Notes on the cultivated Malvaceae 2. Abelmoschus.
Baileya
16:104–107.
- Borssum Waalkes, J. v.
1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised.
Blumea
14:90–95.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
- Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
- Duke, J. A.
1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
- Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Hajra, P. K. et al., eds.
1999–. Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands.
- Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
- Hara, H. et al.
1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
- Humbert, J.-H., ed.
1936–. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
- Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Merrill, E. D.
1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
- Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants.
In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
19:57–60.
- Paul, T. K. & M. P. Nayar.
1988. Malvaceae.
In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India.
19:77.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics.
- Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993–. Flora of India.
- Smith, R. J.
Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
- Still, S. M.
1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4.
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.:
- AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
- TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
- Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed
citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Check other web resources for images:
- PlantSystematics.org
-
 Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?623 (22 May 2013)
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