Jangli Bhindi / White Wild Musk Mallow
Abelmoschus ficulneus
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Jangli Bhindi
Identify Jangli Bhindi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jangli Bhindi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Abelmoschus ficulneus
- Genus
- Abelmoschus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Scrub forests
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, East Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Northern Australia, New Guinea
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Leaves are rough on both sides, toothed, and have 3 to 5 lobes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“Leaves are rough on both sides, toothed, and have 3 to 5 lobes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Bhindi itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Bhindi itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Jangli bhindi
- Tamil
- Kattu-vendai, வெண்டை, நரி வெண்டை
- Telugu
- Nella benda, Parupubenda
- Malayalam
- ആബെൽമോഷസ് ഫികുൽനിയസ്
- Marathi
- Ran bhendi
About Jangli Bhindi
White Wild Musk Mallow (Abelmoschus ficulneus) is a low shrub in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 9 other states. It grows in scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Jangli Bhindi belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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