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4992.000 Malva - Mallows
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually ± circular-reniform in outline. Flowers usually fasciculate, axillary, pink, mauve, purple or sometimes white. Epicalyx of 3, ± free, linear or ovate bracts. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-lobed; lobes triangular. Petals usually emarginate at apex. Ovary of 9-15 free carpels. Fruit a discoid schizocarp, separating into 9-15, indehiscent, awnless mericarps. Worldwide: 40 species, occurring in Europe, the Mediterranean region, temperate Asia and on tropical African mountains Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Malva:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated MalvaFlora of Zimbabwe: Malva
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MalvaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Malva
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Malva
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Malva
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Malva
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Malva
JSTOR Plant Science: Malva
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Malva
Plants of the World Online: Malva
Tropicos: Malva
Wikipedia: Malva
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