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The common mallow is frequently called "marsh mallow" in colloquial terms, but the true marsh mallow is distinguished from all the other mallows growing in Great Britain by the numerous divisions of the outer calyx (six to nine cleft), by the hoary down which thickly clothes the stems and foliage, and by the numerous panicles of blush-coloured ...
It is known as common mallow in the United States and also as buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow, and roundleaf mallow. [2] This plant is often consumed as a food, with its leaves, stalks and seed all being considered edible. [3] [4] [5] This is especially true of the seeds, which contain 21% protein and 15.2% fat. [6]
It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe. [3] The leaves are alternate, palmately lobed. The flowers are from 0.5–5 cm diameter, with five pink, lilac, purple or white petals.
[5] [7] The broad leaves have 5–7 shallow lobes and are 8–10 cm in diameter. [5] The lobe edges are round-toothed, with varying hairiness. [7] It has small white or pink flowers year-round at the base of leaf stalks; flowers have 4–10 mm long petals. [5] [7] The 2 mm seeds are reddish-brown and kidney-shaped. [7]
Mulukhiyah (Arabic: ملوخية, romanized: mulūkhiyyah), also known as mulukhiyya, molokhiyya, melokhiyya, or ewédú, is a type of jute plant and a dish made from the leaves of Corchorus olitorius, commonly known in English as jute, jute leaves, jute mallow, nalta jute, or tossa jute. [3] [4] It is used as a vegetable and is mainly eaten in ...
Abutilon / ə ˈ b juː t ɪ l ɒ n / [3] is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. [4] It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics [5] of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. [6] General common names include Indian mallow [7] and velvetleaf; [8] ornamental varieties may be known as room maple ...
Abelmoschus moschatus is an aromatic and species of medicinal plant in the family Malvaceae native to Asia and Australia. [2] It has many common names, including Abelmosk, ambrette, annual hibiscus, Bamia Moschata, Galu Gasturi, muskdana, musk mallow, [2] musk okra, [2] ornamental okra, rose mallow, tropical jewel hibiscus, [2] and Yorka okra.
Hibiscus moscheutos, the rose mallow, swamp rose-mallow, [2] crimsoneyed rosemallow, [3] or eastern rosemallow, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant that can grow in large colonies. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but are commonly deltoidal in shape with up to ...