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Malva arborea
Malvaceae
Common Names in the Capital District:
Malvisco
/
Malvisco blanco
Origin
Europe
Uses
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Habitat
No habitats have been reported for this species yet
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Malva arborea
in JBB herbarium
REFERENCES (click to expand)
Origin:
Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Height:
Desfontaines, R. L. (2013). Flora atlantica: Sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt (Vol. 2). United States of America: Cambridge University Press.
Uses:
Meneses, R. (2015, agosto 25). Entrevista a Rosalba Meneses, vereda Mochuelo Bajo - Salida de campo localidad de Ciudad Bolívar.
Zambrano, I. (2015). Entrevista a Inelda Zambrano, vereda Las Margaritas, Usme - Salida Etnobotánica Bogotá-Región.
Suggested citation
Plataforma de nombres comunes de las plantas de Bogotá. Malva arborea, http://nombrescomunes.jbb.gov.co/ (Consulted in 2024-12-05).
Growth form and scale
Subshrub, height 1.80 m
Plant resembling a shrub but smaller in size and woody only at the base.
2024 Jardín Botánico de Bogotá