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Abelmoschus moschatus

Authority Medic. Family Magnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Malvales:Malvaceae Synonyms Hibiscus abelmoschus L. (1753). Common names abelmosco, abelmosk, ambreta, ambrette, aukiki, fau ingo, fau tagaloa, fauŒingo, fou ingo, fua samasama, gombo musqué, gongul, graine de musc, gukhia korai, hathongethong, kamang, kamwayang, karereon, karereon nikapwerik nik, kareron, kasturi, kasturi bhenda, kasturi bhendi, kattukasturi, kaŒmang, ketmie musquée, lalkasturika, likonokon, loa, metei, methey, mety, mushkdan, musk mallow, musk okra, muskdana, nikapwerik, oŒeŒe, quiabo cheiroso, rosa almiscarada, setmwechin, sotumo, tropical jewel-hibiscus, vakeke, varttilai kasturi, wakeke, wakewake, wakiwaki, Œaute toga Editor Ecocrop code 291

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DESCRIPTION: It is a coarse herb or prostrate creeper reaching 30-150 cm in height with an underground tuber. Plants die back to the tuber in the dry season but may produce new growth during the following wet season. Leaves ovate-suborbicular, usually 3-5-lobed, to 15 cm long. Calyx greenish, spathe-like, caduceus, corolla in colours from red with a white eye to bright yellow with a darker or purplish eye, 8-10 cm wide. Fruit a hirsute capsule 6-8 cm long, ovoid-cylindric. USE: Grown as an ornamental. The oil obtained from seeds possess an odour similar to that of musk and its aromatic constitents have long been used in perfumery industry. In India, the bitter, sweet, acrid, aromatic seeds are used as a tonic and are considered cooling, aphrodisiac, opthalmic, cardiotonic, digestive, stomachic, constipating, carminative, pectoral, diuretic, stimulant, antispasmodic, and deodorant, intestinal complaints, stomatitis, and diseases of the heart, allays thirst and checks vomiting. Seeds allay thirst, cure stomatitis, dyspepsia, urinary discharge, gonorrhea, leucoderma and itch. Roots and leaves are cures for gonorrhea. GROWING PERIOD: Annual, biennial or perennial. COMMON NAMES: Musk mallow. FURTHER INF: It can be found in India, southern China and tropical Asia, into the Pacific and northern Australia. It prefers open forests in areas of seasonal rainfall and can become weedy in open and disturbed areas.
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SOURCE: NewCrop Database (24.07.02) E291