✿Malvaceae · Hibiscus
Van Gurhal / Comfortroot
Hibiscus hispidissimus
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- September-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hibiscus hispidissimus
- Genus
- Hibiscus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Malvaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- वन गुढ़ल van gurhal
- Tamil
- மலைப்புளிச்சை malai-p-puliccai
- Kannada
- Betta bende
- Malayalam
- ഞാറന്പുളി njaaranpuli
- Marathi
- काटेरी भेंडी kateri bhendi
About Van Gurhal
Comfortroot (Hibiscus hispidissimus) is a low shrub in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Botanical family
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Van Gurhal belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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