Jangli Bhindi / Wild Cotton
Thespesia lampas
Also known as Common Mallow
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Thespesia lampas
- Genus
- Thespesia
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and mixed forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Southeast Asia, Tropical East Africa
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- 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 Jangli Bhindi itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- বন কপাস Bon kapas
- Hindi
- जंगली भिंडी Jangli bhindi, बनकपासी Bankapasi
- Marathi
- जंगली भेंडी Jangli bhendi, रान भेंडी Raan bhendi
- Tamil
- காட்டுப்பருத்தி Kattupparutti
- Manipuri
- ꯂꯝ ꯕꯦꯂꯦꯟꯗ꯭ꯔꯤ Lam belendri
- Malayalam
- Katturparathi, Katupuvarasu
- Nepali
- बन कपास Ban kapas
- Telugu
- అడవి బెండ Adavi benda, అడవి ప్రత్తి Adavi pratti
- Kannada
- Kilankoi, ತುಱುವೆ, ತುರುವೆ Turuve, ಅಡವಿಬೆಂಡೆ Adavi bende, ತುಱುಬೆ, ತುರುಬೆ Turube
- Bengali
- Bankapas
- Odia
- bilo kapasiva
- Konkani
- रान भेंडी Ranbhendi
- Gujarati
- જંગલી ભિંડો Jungli bhindo, જંગલી પારસ પિપળૉ Jungli paras piplo
- Sanskrit
- वनकर्पास Vanakarpasah
About Jangli Bhindi
Wild Cotton (Thespesia lampas) belongs to the Malvaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and 8 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and mixed forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Jangli Bhindi belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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