Abelmoschus manihot: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Abelmoschus
- Species
- Abelmoschus manihot
- Scientific Name
- Abelmoschus manihot
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Abelmoschus manihot
Abelmoschus manihot, commonly known as aibika, is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a tropical subshrub or shrub native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, central and southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It is cultivated and eaten as a leaf vegetable, among other uses. It was previously classified as a species of Hibiscus but is now categorized under the genus Abelmoschus. This plant is also referred to as the sunset muskmallow, sunset hibiscus, or hibiscus manihot.
...Abelmoschus manihot in languages:
- Chinese
- 剛毛黃蜀葵
- English
- Aibika
- English
- sunset muskmallow
- Estonian
- maniokk-muskushibisk
- Japanese
- トロロアオイ
- Japanese
- ネリ
- Korean
- 닥풀
- Russian
- Гибискус маниоковый
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