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Internal ID UUID643ffe08cf166711008204
Scientific name Malva arborea
Authority (L.) Webb & Berthel.
First published in Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 1): 30 (1836)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lavatera veneta Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 6 (1768)
Lavatera arborea L. Sp. Pl. : 690 (1753)
Lavatera eriocalyx Steud. Flora 39: 438 (1856)
Malva fastuosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 381. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]
Malva eriocalyx (Steud.) Molero & J.M.Monts. Fontqueria 55: 289 (2005)
Malva dendromorpha M.F.Ray Novon 8(3): 292. 1998 [14 Sep 1998]
Malva veneta (Mill.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 146: 231 (2005)
Althaea arborea Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 260 (1862)
Anthema arborea Medik. Malvenfam. : 42 (1787)
Lavatera arborea var. berlengensis Cout.
Lavatera arborea var. genuina Cout.
Lavatera arborea var. lasiocalyx Sennen

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Language Common/alternative name
English tree mallow
Arabic خبازة شجرية
Catalan lavatera arborea
grc δενδρομαλάχη
mt Ħobbejża tas-siġra
Chinese 花葵

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Libya
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Namibia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Southern America
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000449295
UNII 812031MBLX
Tropicos 50124535
INPN 107233
Flora of Italy 3110
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561541-1
The Plant List kew-2503593
Open Tree Of Life 412143
Observations.org 119708
NCBI Taxonomy 1053368
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0021126272
IPNI 561541-1
iNaturalist 77950
GBIF 3935079
Freebase /m/03bzhcr
Calflora (Californian flora) 10966
USDA GRIN 455281
Wikipedia Malva_arborea

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Integrative Nursing Interventions for Cancer-Related Symptoms in Oncology Inpatients: Results of a Descriptive Pilot Study Raiber L, Raff C, Thiele J, Kramer K Integr Cancer Ther 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11057344
doi:10.1177/15347354241239930
PMID:38680047
Vertebrate Pollination of Angiosperms in the Mediterranean Area: A Review Valdés B Plants (Basel) 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10976121
doi:10.3390/plants13060895
PMID:38592907
Long-Term Monitoring of the Traditional Knowledge of Plant Species Used for Culinary Purposes in the Valencia Region, South-Eastern Spain Belda A, Jordán-Nuñez J, Micó-Vicent B, López-Rodríguez D Plants (Basel) 08-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975046
doi:10.3390/plants13060775
PMID:38592810
Vertebrates can be more important pollinators than invertebrates on islands: the case of Malva (=Lavatera) arborea L. Robles C, Romero-Egea V, Traveset A, Ruiz de Ybáñez R, Hervías-Parejo S AoB Plants 01-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10944019
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plae010
PMID:38497048
Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Influence of Soluble Fiber as a Carrier on Antioxidant and Physical Properties of Powders Produced Based on the Spray Drying of Malvae arboreae flos Aqueous Extracts Lisiecka K, Dziki D, Gawlik-Dziki U, Świeca M, Różyło R Foods 07-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10527584
doi:10.3390/foods12183363
PMID:37761072
Deciphering the ecology of the threatened microendemic species Euphorbia margalidiana Llorens L, Cortés L, Boira H Front Plant Sci 26-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10332272
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1155896
PMID:37434601
Assessing the Role of Lizards as Potential Pollinators of an Insular Plant Community and Its Intraspecific Variation Romero-Egea V, Robles C, Traveset A, Del Rio L, Hervías-Parejo S Animals (Basel) 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10044671
doi:10.3390/ani13061122
PMID:36978662
Poorly Investigated Ecuadorian Medicinal Plants Armijos C, Ramírez J, Vidari G Plants (Basel) 16-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9229133
doi:10.3390/plants11121590
PMID:35736741
Activity of Selected Group of Monoterpenes in Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms in Experimental Model Studies—A Non-Systematic Review Wojtunik-Kulesza K, Rudkowska M, Kasprzak-Drozd K, Oniszczuk A, Borowicz-Reutt K Int J Mol Sci 08-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8306454
doi:10.3390/ijms22147366
PMID:34298986
Insular Pharmacopoeias: Ethnobotanical Characteristics of Medicinal Plants Used on the Adriatic Islands Łuczaj Ł, Jug-Dujaković M, Dolina K, Jeričević M, Vitasović-Kosić I Front Pharmacol 07-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8138454
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.623070
PMID:34025401
Ethnobotany of dye plants in Southern Italy, Mediterranean Basin: floristic catalog and two centuries of analysis of traditional botanical knowledge heritage Prigioniero A, Geraci A, Schicchi R, Tartaglia M, Zuzolo D, Scarano P, Marziano M, Postiglione A, Sciarrillo R, Guarino C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7268309
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00384-2
PMID:32493364
Cytotoxic, antioxidative, genotoxic and antigenotoxic effects of Horchata, beverage of South Ecuador Bailon-Moscoso N, Tinitana F, Martínez-Espinosa R, Jaramillo-Velez A, Palacio-Arpi A, Aguilar-Hernandez J, Romero-Benavides JC BMC Complement Altern Med 19-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5735544
doi:10.1186/s12906-017-2048-x
PMID:29258490
Ethnobotany of Indigenous Saraguros: Medicinal Plants Used by Community Healers “Hampiyachakkuna” in the San Lucas Parish, Southern Ecuador Andrade JM, Lucero Mosquera H, Armijos C Biomed Res Int 04-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5514338
doi:10.1155/2017/9343724
PMID:28744470
“Horchata” drink in Southern Ecuador: medicinal plants and people’s wellbeing Rios M, Tinitana F, Jarrín-V P, Donoso N, Romero-Benavides JC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5345160
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0145-z
PMID:28279218

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