箭叶秋葵 Abelmoschus sagittifolius

by Jun

  • Scientific Name: Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr.
  • Ref: Lingnaam Agric. Rev. 2:40. 1924
  • Synonyms:
    • Abelmoschus brevicapsulatus (Hochr.) Hochr.
    • A. coccineus S.Y.Hu
    • A. esquirolii (H.Lév.) S.Y.Hu
    • A. moschatus var. rugosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Hochr.
    • A. moschatus subsp. tuberosus (Span.) Borss.Waalk.
    • A. rhodopetalus F.Muell.
    • A. rugosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
    • A. sharpei Copel. ex Merr.
    • A. todayensis Elmer
    • A. vanoverberghii Merr.
    • Hibiscus bellicorus H.Lév.
    • H. brevicapsulatus Hochr.
    • H. esquirolii H.Lév.
    • H. rhodopetalus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
    • H. rhodopetalus var. angustisectus Domin
    • H. rhodopetalus var. chillagoensis Domin
    • H. rugosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Roxb. ex Mast.
    • H. sagittifolius Kurz
    • H. sharpei (Copel. ex Merr.) Hochr.
    • H. todayensis (Elmer) Hochr.
  • English Common Name: arrow-shaped leaf muskmallow, arrowleaf abelmoschus
  • Chinese Common Name: 箭叶秋葵 jiànyè qiūkuí, 铜皮 tóngpí, 五指山参 wǔzhǐ shānshēn, 小红芙蓉 xiǎo hóng∙fúróng
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Genus: Abelmoschus
  • Distribution: Open Pinus forests, hills, grassy slopes, wastelands. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia].
  • Photo: 09/28/2019, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Herbs perennial, 0.4-1(-2) m tall, most parts densely pubescent, sometimes also setose or stellate hairy; rootstock fleshy, radish-shaped, to 5 cm thick. Branchlets scabrous and hirsute with long hairs. Petiole 4-8 cm, sparsely long hirsute; leaf blades variable; blades on proximal part of stem ovate, those on middle and distal parts ovate-hastate, sagittate, or palmately 3-5-lobed or -parted, lobes broadly ovate or broadly lanceolate, 3-10 cm, abaxially long hirsute, adaxially sparsely spiny, base cordate or hastate, margin serrate or lobed, apex obtuse. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel slender, 4-7 cm, densely scabrous hirsute. Epicalyx lobes 6-12, filiform, ca. 15 × 1-1.7 mm, sparsely hirsute, spreading or reflexed. Calyx spatulate, ca. 7 mm, apex 5-toothed, densely minutely puberulent. Corolla mostly white or pale yellow to dark pink, 4-5 cm in diam.; petals obovate-oblong, 3-4 cm. Staminal column ca. 2 cm, glabrous. Style branches 5; stigma flat. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 3 × 2 cm, spiny, shortly beaked. Seeds reniform, glandularly reticulately striate. Fl. May-Sep. (Flora of China)
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