Entry for MALACHRA capitata Linn. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 175, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
MALACHRA capitataLinn. [family MALVACEAE], DC. Prod. i. 440.
MALACHRA hispidaGuill. et Perr. [family MALVACEAE], Fl. Seneg. i. 47.
Information
An erect, coarsely hairy perennial, with roundish stalked leaves. Flowers in axillary and terminal heads, shortly stalked. Bracts 3 or 4, roundish, acute, with a white spot at the base. Calyx 5-parted, its lobes subulate. Petals yellow or white, 2 or 3 times longer than the calyx. Fruit subglobose or turbinate, depressed, of 5 slightly rough carpels.
