After going through detailed keys & distribution at the following, I feel it should be *Malvaviscus arboreus* Cav. var. *arboreus* <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/malvaviscus/malvaviscus-arboreus-var-arboreus> only as per image herein: http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=6674&type=4 http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/f48899 b751ded65ea4a7f69d7cd863d4 http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4d32a4 41613b156ecca6dae3192849dd *Keys* as per A Revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae) <https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/31149/RevisionOfMalvaviscus.pdf?sequence=1> by Billie L. Turner and Meghan G . Mendenhall (1993) https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/ malvaceae/malvaviscus
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: 6 September 2011 at 17:15 Subject: [efloraofindia:79975] Malvaceae week :: Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> *Malvaviscus arboreus* var. *drummondii* (Torr. & A. Gray) Schery - *mal-vuh-VIS-kus* -- sticky mallow *ar-BOR-ee-us* -- tree-like *drum-AWN-dee-eye* -- named for Thomas Drummond, Scottish naturalist [image: Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/331692361/> Dec 24, 2006 in gardens of residential complex at Thane *commonly known as*: Drummond's hibiscus, dwarf mallow, sleepy hibiscus, wax mallow *Native to*: s Mexico, Central America; cultivated as garden flora elsewhere 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.
