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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.
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]
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 ...
Abutilon grandifolium, the hairy Indian mallow, is a large shrub that is up to 3 m (9.8 ft) high with broad, 3–18 cm (1.2–7.1 in) leaf blades.Flowers are axillary, with a yellow corolla 2–3.5 cm (0.8–1.4 in) across, composed of petals 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long.
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 ...
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 ...
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Pavonia praemorsa is a species of flowering shrub in the mallow family; [3] it is commonly referred to as yellow mallow, [4] and sometimes as yellow pavonia, shell flower, [5] and butter bits. [6] Its epithet , praemorsa , originates from a Latin word meaning "appearing to have been bitten off", in reference to the shape of its leaves' tips.