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Taxon:  Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Abelmoschus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:
620
Place of publication:
R. Wight, Cat. ind. pl. 14. 1833 (R. Wight & G. A. W. Arnott, Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 53. 1834)
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hibiscus ficulneus L.

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
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  3. Bisht, I. S. & K. V. Bhat. 2007. Vegetable crops: Okra (Abelmoschus spp.). Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement 148-183. Note: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton - London - New York
  4. Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:101-103.
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  8. Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
  9. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
  10. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia 1.
  11. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  13. Paul, T. K. & M. P. Nayar. 1988. Malvaceae. Fascicles of flora of India. 19:73.
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  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  18. Werner, O. et al. 2016. Molecular systematics of Abelmoschus (Malvaceae) and genetic diversity wiithin the cultivated species of this genus based on nuclear ITS and chloroplast rpL16 sequence data. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 63:429-445.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria n.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australian.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Niger, Nigeria (n.)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan], Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia (n.)]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia 1.
Weed  Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=620. Accessed 27 April 2025.