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Musk Mallow '', native to Europe and southwestern Asia, also known as the Musk-mallow
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Musk mallow or musk-mallow may refer to the following plants from the family Malvaceae: *'' Abelmoschus moschatus'', native to India *''Malva alcea'', native to southern and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, also known as the Greater Musk-mallow *''Malva moschata ''Malva moschata'', the musk mallow or musk-mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to the British Isles and Poland, and east to southern Russia and Turkey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abelmoschus Moschatus
''Abelmoschus moschatus'' (Abelmosk, ambrette, annual hibiscus, Bamia Moschata, Galu Gasturi, muskdana, musk mallow, musk okra, ornamental okra, rose mallow, tropical jewel hibiscus, Yorka okra) is an aromatic and medicinal plant in the family Malvaceae native to Asia and Australia. Characteristics The seeds have a sweet, flowery, heavy fragrance similar to that of musk (hence its specific epithet , scientific Latin for ‘musk’). Despite its tropical origin, the plant is frost- hardy. Uses of the plant Musk mallow seed oil was once frequently used as a substitute in perfumes for animal musk; however this use is now mostly replaced by various synthetic musks due to its high cost. In her 1705 book the ''Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium'', Maria Sibylla Merian described how the young indigenous women would string the seeds on threads and wear the seeds as decoration on their arms. She also indicated that the Indigenous people used the seeds to fatten up their chickens. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malva Alcea
''Malva alcea'' (greater musk-mallow, cut-leaved mallow, vervain mallow or hollyhock mallow) is a plant in the mallow family native to southwestern, central and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to southern Sweden and east to Russia and Turkey.Flora Europaea''Malva alcea''/ref>Med-Checklist''Malva alcea''/ref>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Description It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50–125 cm tall, with stems covered in stellate hairs, meaning they branch at the free end into several strands. The leaves are 2–8 cm long and 2–8 cm broad, palmately lobed with five to seven blunt lobes; basal leaves on the lower stem are very shallowly lobed, those higher on the stems are deeply divided, with digitate finger-like lobes. The flowers appear singly near the apex of corymbose racemes growing from the leaf axils in summer to early fall. They are 3.5–6 cm diameter, with five se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
