BSI Flora of India says that subsp. *manihot* is mainly cultivated in southeast Asia and sometimes occurs as an escape from cultivation, while subsp. *tetraphyllus* (Roxb. ex Homem.) Borss. <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=2642&type=9> is distributed through out India. In view taking this as subsp. *tetraphyllus* (Roxb. ex Homem.) Borss. <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=2642&type=9>
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: 4 September 2011 at 23:36 Subject: [efloraofindia:79606] Malvaceae week :: Abelmoschus manihot To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> *Abelmoschus manihot *(L.) Medik. - *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 [image: Abelmoschus manihot] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1070069174%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcxwNmgQwaS02DMmSMmSTGm73h0Bg> Aug 10, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane *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 *Native to*: China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malesia; widely cultivated in tropics - [image: Abelmoschus manihot] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5154680503%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze7QsoRmpDVFgA2I89pAvzLuxn5MQ> ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane - [image: Abelmoschus manihot] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5155286760%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdZs-CZmzeZx8oSsxSo7v9bN_BbyA> ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane - [image: Abelmoschus manihot] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5155285378%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdPic-a7G8sfETJlhSZTEhrGqatWw> ... Nov 6, 2010 at Yeoor Hills, Thane - [image: Abelmoschus manihot] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5000910067%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfuP0GZ_dIN7WK4O94gTTV1F3yXKg> ... Sep 18, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane - [image: Jungli Bhindi (Hindi: जंगली भिंडी)] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1224233491%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfFTtTF-sBMkMfSdK4R802ZJ3fRCw> ... Aug 24, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane Regards. Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
