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Internal ID UUID643ffe06bd343993117939
Scientific name Malva neglecta
Authority Wallr.
First published in Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 140 (1824)

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Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Leaves, shoots, and seed pods are consumed as a pot herb or salad green; tender leaves and flowers are used as garnishes. The foliage contains mucilaginous polysaccharides that thicken soups and stews; the mucilage is heat-stable and imparts a slippery texture. Young seed pods may be eaten cooked; mature seeds can be roasted as a snack. Flavor is mild and vegetal.

Colorants and tanning:
Flowers provide a purple anthocyanin-based natural colorant suitable for mildly acidic foods and non-protein substrates. There are no reports of significant tannin content, and the species is not documented as a source for tanning materials.

Properties relevant to use:
Anionic mucilage polysaccharides (galacturonic acid–rich, with rhamnose, galactose, arabinose) confer water-binding, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Flowers contain anthocyanins (delphinidin/malvidin derivatives) giving pH-dependent blue–purple hues. Whole-plant tissue is low in lignin, making the herb soft and non-fibrous for culinary preparation.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Malva fruticans Dorn. ex Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 5: 18 (1841)
Malva salvitellensis Briganti Stirp. Rar. 1: 1 (1816)
Malva orbiculata Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 344 (1875)
Malva vulgaris Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. 219.
Malva rotundifolia var. intermedia Ball
Malva rotundifolia var. crispa Wimm. & Grab.
Malva rotundifolia var. perennans Post

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Language Common/alternative name
English cheeseweed
English dwarf mallow
English common mallow
Spanish galletas
Spanish malvilla
Spanish marva
Spanish panecicos
Spanish rosquillas
Spanish alboeza
Spanish malva vulgaris
Arabic خبازة مهملة
Azerbaijani alaq əməköməci, balba
Azerbaijani alaq əməköməci
bar kaspappele
Bulgarian незабележим слез
Czech sléz přehlížený
Welsh corhocysen
Danish rundbladet katost
German weg-malve
German wegmalve
Estonian harilik kassinaeris
Persian پنیرک معمولی
Finnish katinjuustomalva
French mauve à feuilles rondes
frr sees (plaant)
Upper Sorbian drobny šlěz
Upper Sorbian sydrješki
Upper Sorbian drobny šlez
Hungarian papsajtmályva
Armenian Փիփերթ կլորատերև
Korean 난쟁이아욱
Lithuanian paprastoji dedešva
Latvian novārta malva
Malayalam വൃശ്ചികപ്പൂവ്
Malayalam കാട്ടുപൂവരശ്
Malayalam കാട്ടുപരത്തി
Malayalam common mallow
mwl malbas
Norwegian Bokmål småkattost
Dutch klein kaasjeskruid
Polish Ślaz zaniedbany
Portuguese malva-braca
Russian Просвирник пренебрежённый
Russian Мальва незамеченная
Slovak slez nebadaný
Slovenian navadni slezenovec
Swedish skär kattost
Turkish küçük ebegümeci
Ukrainian Калачики непомічені
Ukrainian Калачики непомітні
Chinese 长瓣圆叶锦葵
Chinese 圓葉錦葵
Chinese 圆叶锦葵
Chinese 矮锦葵

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Northwest Territorie
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
    • Central America
      • Panamá
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000449218
UNII S0QQA41760
Flora of Alabama 2624
Canadensys 6628
USDA Plants MANE
Tropicos 19601039
INPN 107284
Flora of Italy 3106
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561795-1
The Plant List kew-2503504
Open Tree Of Life 642476
Observations.org 7034
NCBI Taxonomy 183277
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003133
Nature Serve 2.144775
IPNI 561795-1
iNaturalist 77952
GBIF 3152373
Freebase /m/043rynd
WisFlora 4191
EPPO MALNE
EOL 584651
Elurikkus 5636
Calflora (Californian flora) 5352
USDA GRIN 23305
Wikipedia Malva_neglecta
Plantarium 23703

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965231755.2 ddMalNegl1.hap1.2 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-10-26 62 550.17 Mb

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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Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration Haq SM, Khoja AA, Waheed M, Pieroni A, Siddiqui MH, Bussmann RW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11040985
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00685-w
PMID:38659048
Food and time: dietary plasticity of different sources of a generalist insect herbivore Hernandez K, Bowers MD J Insect Sci 28-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10976908
doi:10.1093/jisesa/ieae024
PMID:38546354
Overview of Ethnobotanical–Pharmacological Studies Carried Out on Medicinal Plants from the Serra da Estrela Natural Park: Focus on Their Antidiabetic Potential Lahlou RA, Carvalho F, Pereira MJ, Lopes J, Silva LR Pharmaceutics 25-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11054966
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics16040454
PMID:38675115
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
Habitat suitability modelling of Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) in moist temperate forest Badrulislam, Khan KA, Khalil S, Hussain M, Saqib Z, Altaf J, Hadi R, Habiba U PLoS One 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10868740
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296921
PMID:38359051
Recent advances in the treatment of pain in endometriosis: A bibliometric analysis of experimental models Lima RA, Souza IB, Frota GM, Prazeres TC, Albuquerque IC, de Sousa EM, Cartagenes MD, Carvalho RC, Ferreira AS, Garcia JB Vet World 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10750748
doi:10.14202/vetworld.2023.2329-2339
PMID:38152263
Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses of Cucurbits in the Southern United States Devendran R, Kavalappara SR, Simmons AM, Bag S Viruses 20-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10675411
doi:10.3390/v15112278
PMID:38005954
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Monitoring the Spread of Grapevine Viruses in Vineyards of Contrasting Agronomic Practices: A Metagenomic Investigation Vu M, McFadden-Smith W, Poojari S Biology (Basel) 25-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10604868
doi:10.3390/biology12101279
PMID:37886989
A Comprehensive Quality Analysis of Different Colors of Medicinal and Edible Honeysuckle Liu Z, Cheng Y, Chao Z Foods 20-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10453482
doi:10.3390/foods12163126
PMID:37628125
Evaluation of trace elements in forages and their effect on gastrointestinal parasite burden in grazing sheep Rizwan HM, Sajid MS, Younus M, Naeem MA, Taseer MS, Ebaid H Saudi J Biol Sci 09-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10461023
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103768
PMID:37645686
Bitter Is Better: Wild Greens Used in the Blue Zone of Ikaria, Greece Pieroni A, Morini G, Piochi M, Sulaiman N, Kalle R, Haq SM, Devecchi A, Franceschini C, Zocchi DM, Migliavada R, Prakofjewa J, Sartori M, Krigas N, Ahmad M, Torri L, Sõukand R Nutrients 21-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10385191
doi:10.3390/nu15143242
PMID:37513661
Experimental Models to Study Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications: Limitations and New Opportunities Martín-Carro B, Donate-Correa J, Fernández-Villabrille S, Martín-Vírgala J, Panizo S, Carrillo-López N, Martínez-Arias L, Navarro-González JF, Naves-Díaz M, Fernández-Martín JL, Alonso-Montes C, Cannata-Andía JB Int J Mol Sci 18-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10299511
doi:10.3390/ijms241210309
PMID:37373455
Phytochemicals as Antimicrobials: Prospecting Himalayan Medicinal Plants as Source of Alternate Medicine to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Ashraf MV, Pant S, Khan MA, Shah AA, Siddiqui S, Jeridi M, Alhamdi HW, Ahmad S Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 15-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10302623
doi:10.3390/ph16060881
PMID:37375828
Distribution, Effect, and Control of Exotic Plants in Republic of Korea Lim BS, Seok JE, Lim CH, Kim GS, Shin HC, Lee CS Biology (Basel) 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294914
doi:10.3390/biology12060826
PMID:37372111

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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Octacosane 12408 Click to see 394.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.3030380818

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