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Hibiscus micranthus

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID6440209b39406803960353
Scientific name Hibiscus micranthus
Authority L.f.
First published in Suppl. Pl. : 308 (1782)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Bombyx micranthus (L.f.) I.Riedl Fl. Iranica 120: 34 (1976)
Hibiscus capillipes Mattei Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 31 (1916)
Hibiscus clandestinus Cav. Icon. 1: 1 (1791)
Hibiscus parvifolius Hochst. ex T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 8 (1860)
Hibiscus rigidus L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 310 (1782)
Hibiscus micranthus var. subclandestinus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 205 1941
Hibiscus pavoniformis Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 515 (1885)
Hibiscus suborbiculatus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1906. 1829
Hibiscus micranthus var. alii Abedin Pakistan J. Bot. 12: 53 (1980)
Hibiscus micranthus var. clandestinus (Cav.) Maire
Hibiscus micranthus var. lepineyi Sauvage
Hibiscus micranthus var. parvifolius (Hochst. ex T.Anderson) Cufod.
Hibiscus micranthus var. hermanniifolius Cufod.
Hibiscus micranthus var. rigidus (L.f.) Cufod.
Hibiscus micranthus var. asper Cufod.

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic كرشة الغراب
Shona chikarangwashu

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Senegal
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000722803
Tropicos 19601679
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:560520-1
The Plant List kew-2850190
Open Tree Of Life 660718
NCBI Taxonomy 992713
IPNI 560520-1
iNaturalist 587485
GBIF 7278934
EPPO HIBMN
USDA GRIN 19056
Wikipedia Hibiscus_micranthus
Tropicos 100427278
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:886627-1
IPNI 886627-1
GBIF 3935515

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia Seraw E, Melkamu Y, Masresha G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025143
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00678-9
PMID:38632559
Assessment of the diet of the critically endangered northern hairy‐nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii) using DNA metabarcoding Casey F, Old JM, Stannard HJ Ecol Evol 07-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10485309
doi:10.1002/ece3.10469
PMID:37693933
Plant Species as Potential Forage for Honey Bees in the Al-Baha Mountain Region in Southwestern Saudi Arabia Al-Ghamdi AA, Al-Sagheer NA Plants (Basel) 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10058344
doi:10.3390/plants12061402
PMID:36987090
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
The traditional use of wild edible plants in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of Mieso District, eastern Ethiopia Tahir M, Abrahim A, Beyene T, Dinsa G, Guluma T, Alemneh Y, Van Damme P, Geletu US, Mohammed A Trop Med Health 23-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9948460
doi:10.1186/s41182-023-00505-z
PMID:36814353
DNA Barcoding of Wild Plants with Potential Medicinal Properties from Faifa Mountains in Saudi Arabia Safhi FA, Alshamrani SM, Bogmaza AF, El-Moneim DA Genes (Basel) 12-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9957057
doi:10.3390/genes14020469
PMID:36833396
Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania – a systematic review Mogha NG, Kalokora OJ, Amir HM, Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9553154
doi:10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
PMID:36205572
Floristic composition of Jandaf Mountain as biodiversity hotspot area in southwestern Saudi Arabia Al-Namazi AA, Algarni SM, Wan JS, Al Mosallam MS, Alotaibi F Saudi J Biol Sci 05-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9280213
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.03.003
PMID:35844416
Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna Hejda M, Čuda J, Pyšková K, Zambatis G, Foxcroft LC, MacFadyen S, Storch D, Tropek R, Pyšek P Sci Rep 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8748544
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02870-3
PMID:35013353
Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Ethiopian Medicinal Plants: A Systematic Review Nigussie D, Davey G, Tufa TB, Brewster M, Legesse BA, Fekadu A, Makonnen E Front Pharmacol 01-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8203926
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.633921
PMID:34140888
Natural plant species inventory of hotspot areas in Arabian Peninsula: Southwest Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia Al-Namazi AA, Al-Khulaidi AW, Algarni S, Al-Sagheer NA Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8176062
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.076
PMID:34121869
Ecology of inland sand dunes “nafuds” as a hyper-arid habitat, Saudi Arabia: Floristic and plant associations diversity El-Sheikh MA, Thomas J, Arif IA, El-Sheikh HM Saudi J Biol Sci 08-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938194
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.002
PMID:33732034
A Review of Cytotoxic Plants of the Indian Subcontinent and a Broad-Spectrum Analysis of Their Bioactive Compounds Mazumder K, Biswas B, Raja IM, Fukase K Molecules 20-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7221707
doi:10.3390/molecules25081904
PMID:32326113
Screening of Plants Used as Traditional Anticancer Remedies in Mkuranga and Same Districts, Tanzania, Using Brine Shrimp Toxicity Bioassay Matata DZ, Ngassapa OD, Machumi F, Moshi MJ Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 14-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6261239
doi:10.1155/2018/3034612
PMID:30538758
Concurrent analysis of bioactive triterpenes oleanolic acid and β-amyrin in antioxidant active fractions of Hibiscus calyphyllus, Hibiscus deflersii and Hibiscus micranthus grown in Saudi Arabia by applying validated HPTLC method Siddiqui NA, Al-Yousef HM, Alhowiriny TA, Alam P, Hassan WH, Amina M, Hussain A, Abdelaziz S, Abdallah RH Saudi Pharm J 02-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC6111195
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2017.11.013
PMID:30166927

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