Hibiscus micranthus L.f.
كرش الغراب
Nitya Malle, Lesser mallow
Malvaceae
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Morphological Description
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Description
A shrub with straight or entangled, stellate-hairy branches, 25-100 cm tall.Leaves with 3-10 mm long, filiform stipules, and 2-40 mm long petioles; blades various, small, elliptic to large ovate-rhomboid, stellate-hairy on both surfaces. Flowers axillary, solitary, white to pink, 1-1.5 cm in diameter; pedicel 3-40 mm long. Epicalyx-segments stiff, filiform, 6-8, 2-4 mm long. Calyx about 5 mm long, 5-lobed. Petals 5, reflexed, stellate-hairy externally. Staminal-tube included, small, 3-5 mm long. Capsule 7-9 mm across. Seeds cottony, reniform.
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Description
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Habitat and Distribution
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Geographical Distribution Range
This Tropical species is distributed In Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South-West Asia. For the Arabian Peninsula, it is native to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Gulf states, Yemen and Qatar.
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Ecology
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Phenology
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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Phenology
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Uses and Values
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Aromatic and Medicinal Use
Medicinal use
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Description of Traditional Uses
Documented in traditional systems for its medicinal applications, often related to digestive or general health maintenance.
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Aromatic and Medicinal Use
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