16 genera in Sri Lanka
Family – Malvaceae
- MALVACEAE
119.01. ABELMOSCHUS Medikus #
A.angulosus Wall, ex Wight & Arn. [Hibiscus angulosus var. grandifiorus (Thw.) Masters] [Hibiscus angulosus var. purpureus (Thw.) Masters] S:kapu-kinissa
A.esculentus (L.) Moench* [Hibiscus esculentus L.] E:lady’s fingers, okra S:bandakka T:vandakkay
A.ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Wight [Hibiscus ficulneus L.]
A.moschatus Medikus [Hibiscus abelmoschus L.] S:kapu-kinissa T:katukkasturi
119.02. ABUTILON Miller
A.crispum (L.) Medikus [Abutilon crispum G. Don] • A.hirtum (Lam.) Sweet [Abutilon graveolens Wight & Arn.] T:vaddattutti
A.indicum (L.) Sweet subsp.guineense (Schum.) Borssum Waalkes [Abutilon asiaticum (L.) Sweet] Sranoda T.peruntulli, peruntutti, vaddattutti
A.pannosum (Forster f.) Schldl. [Abutilon muticum (Del. ex DC.) Sweet]
A.persicum (Burm. f.} Merr.*
A.subumbellatum Philcox
119.03. ALTHEA L.
A.rosea (L.)Cav.* E:ho!lyhock
119.04. ANODA Cav.
A.cristata (L.) Schldl. [Anoda hastata (L.) Cav.]
119.05. DICELLOSTYLES Benth.
D.axillaris (Thw.) Benth.
119.06. GOSSYPIUM L.
G.arboreum L. Exotton S:kapu
G.barbadense L. E:sea island cotton
G.hirsittum L.
H.eriocarpus DC. [Hibiscus collinus Roxb.] T:parutti .
H.Iobatus (Murray) Kuntze [Hibiscus solandra L’Herit.]
H.micranthus L. f. S:bebila T:perumaddi
H.rosa-sinensis L.* E:shoeflower S:sapaththu mal, wada
H.sabdariffa L. E:Jamaican sorell, Rozelle S:rata-bilincha T:pulinchakira
H.schizopetalus (Masters) Hook, f.*
H.surattensis L. S:hin-napiritta
H.tiliaceus L. S:beli-patta T:artia, nir-paratthi
H.vitifolius L. S:maha-epala T:vaddattutti
119.08. JULOSTYLIS Thw.
J.angustifolia (Arn.) Thw. S:kirella
119.09. MALVAL.
M.parviflora L.
119.10. MALVASTRUM A. Gray
M.coromandelianum (L.) Garcke [Malvastrum tricuspidatum (Ait. f.) A. Gray]
119.11 .MALVAVISCUS Fabr.
M.arboreus Cav.*
M.pendutiflorus Mocino & Sesse ex DC.*
119.12. PAVONIA Cav.
P.fryxelliana Fosberg & Sachet
P.odorata Willd.
P.procumbens (Wight & Arn.) Walp. [Pavonia glechomifolia (A. Rich.) Garcke ex Schweinf.]
P.zeylanica (L.) Cav.
119.13. SIDA L.
S.acuta Burm. f. S:gas-bevila
S.alnifolia L.
S.cordata (Burm. f.) Borssum Waalkes [Sida humilis Cav.] S:bevila T:palampadu, palampasi
S.cordifolia L. S:heen-anoda, wal-bevila T:hevakanpudu
S.mysorensis Wight & Am. S:giriwadi-bevila, siriwedi-bevila
S.rhombifolia L. S:kotikan-bevila Txhittamaddi
S.spinosa L. [Sida alba L.]
119.14. THESPESIA Sol. ex Correa
T.lampas (Cav.) Dalz. & Gibson S:wal-kapu
T.populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa E:tulip tree S:suriya
T:kavarachu, puvarachu
119.15. URENA L.
U.lobata L. S:patta-epala U.sinuata L. S:heen-epala, patta-epala
119.16. WISSADULA Medikus
W.contracta (Link) R. E. Fries [Wissadula leschenaultiana (DC.) Masters]
W.periplocifolia (L.) PresI ex Thw. [Wissadula zeylanica Medikus] S:kiri-kaju
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
