Kharenti / Three-Lobe False Mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kharenti
Identify Kharenti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kharenti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Malvastrum coromandelianum
- Genus
- Malvastrum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Forest margins, wastelands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, West Bengal, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kharenti itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kharenti
- Kannada
- Sannabindige gida
- Marathi
- Chandiri
About Kharenti
A member of the Malvaceae family, Three-lobe false mallow (Malvastrum coromandelianum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and 18 other states. It grows in forest margins, wastelands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Kharenti belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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