Mohoe
Talipariti tiliaceum
Also known as Sea Hibiscus, Yellow Mallow
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- December-January
How to identify Mohoe
Identify Mohoe by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers change color through the day.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mohoe.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Talipariti tiliaceum
- Genus
- Talipariti
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along streamside and mangrove forests
- Distribution
- Pantropics
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Meghalaya, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“The leaves are heart shaped and deep red in the var.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mohoe itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
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
- Malayalam
- തൈപ്പരുത്തി
About Mohoe
Mohoe (Talipariti tiliaceum) belongs to the Malvaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 13 other states. It grows in along streamside and mangrove forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to January.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and cut for timber and furniture. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Mohoe belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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