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Abelmoschus
Abelmoschus is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia. It was formerly included within Hibiscus, but is now classified as a distinct genus.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Okra
speciesAbelmoschus esculentus
Abelmosk
speciesAbelmoschus moschatus
Aibika
speciesAbelmoschus manihot
Abelmoschus rhodopetalus
speciesAbelmoschus rhodopetalus
White Wild Musk Mallow
speciesAbelmoschus ficulneus
Angled Wild Mallow
speciesAbelmoschus angulosus
Hairy Okra
speciesAbelmoschus crinitus
West African Okra
hybridAbelmoschus × caillei
Abelmoschus enbeepeegearensis
speciesAbelmoschus enbeepeegearensis
Abelmoschus hostilis
speciesAbelmoschus hostilis
Abelmoschus muliensis
speciesAbelmoschus muliensis
Abelmoschus palianus
speciesAbelmoschus palianus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 155571.