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Malva cathayensis (high mallow)

Synonyms: Malva cavanillesiana; Malva mauritiana var. sinensis; Malva sinensis

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  When grown on nitrogen rich soils (and particularly when these are cultivated inorganically), the plant tends to concentrate high levels of nitrates in its leaves; The leaves are perfectly wholesome at all other times.
Lifespan [1]  Biennial/Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Bats
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  Cream, yellow and green dyes can be obtained from the plant and the seed heads; A tincture of the flowers forms a very delicate test for alkalis; The leaves are used to relieve insect bites and stings; A fibre obtained from the stems is useful for cordage, textiles and paper making;
Height [1]  18 inches (0.45 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Rich
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
View Plants For A Future Record : Malva cathayensis

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0