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Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii

Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii
Common names: small cotton bush, wedge-leaf false-hibiscus, small fly-mallow (Eng.)
Family: Malvaceae

... in East Africa and Madagascar. This species belongs to the Malvaceae, the family famous for its star-shaped hairs. The ...

24 / 05 / 2022 | Swinky Nkosi | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Hermannia scabra

Hermannia scabra
Common names: scabrid doll’s rose, gold cups (Eng.) poprosie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

14 / 03 / 2022 | Zoleka May | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia salviifolia

Hermannia salviifolia
Common names: sage-leaf hermannia (Eng.); geneesbossie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

03 / 01 / 2022 | Thembakazi Dyariwe | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Grewia caffra

Grewia caffra
Common names: climbing raisin, yellow starflower (Eng.); rankrosyntjie (Afr); ilalanyathi, umunyumunu, iphata, iklolo, isaka, isilandula (isiZulu); likholo, (siSwat
Family: Malvaceae

04 / 10 / 2021 | Robert Jooste | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Corchorus olitorius

Corchorus olitorius
Common names: Egyptian spinach, Indian jute, wild jute, bush okra, Jew’s mallow, West African sorrel, jute mallow, tossa jute (Eng.); wilde jute, Indiese jute (Af
Family: Malvaceae

02 / 08 / 2021 | Meshack Nethavhani | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Pavonia columella

Pavonia columella
Common names: pink pavonia (Eng.); indole ebomvu (isiZulu).
Family: Malvaceae

05 / 07 / 2021 | Ashton Welcome | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Anisodontea dissecta

Anisodontea dissecta
Common names: Ruens mallow (Eng.)
Family: Malvaceae

05 / 10 / 2020 | Lindokuhle Sibisi | Compton Herbarium
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Hibiscus coddii

Hibiscus coddii
Common names: Codd’s red hibiscus (Eng.); bokgobakataba (Sepedi)
Family: Malvaceae

14 / 09 / 2020 | Fergy Nkadimeng | Pretoria NBG
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Dombeya kirkii

Dombeya kirkii
Common names: river wild pear, river dombeya (Eng.); rivierdrolpeer (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

02 / 03 / 2020 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Grewia flava

Grewia flava
Common names: velvet raisin, wild currant, brandybush (Eng.); rosyntjiebos, brandewynbos, wilderosyntjie (Afr.); mothetlwa (Nso.); umlalampunzi, unhlwampunzi (Zul.)
Family: Malvaceae

... family (Tiliaceae), but was later placed in the family Malvaceae because of certain doubts surrounding the placement ...

09 / 12 / 2019 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Grewia retinervis

Grewia retinervis
Common names: Kalahari raisin, false sandpaper raisin, Kalahari donkey berry, Kalahari grewia, Kalahari raisin bush, kalahari-sand grewia, kalahari sand raisin (Eng
Family: Malvaceae

... is today placed by most authors in the mallow family Malvaceae, in the expanded sense as proposed by in the APG. ... and similar genera – and have thus been merged into the Malvaceae. Together with the bulk of the former ...

18 / 03 / 2019 | Cathbert Makgakga | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Waltheria indica

Waltheria indica
Common names: meidebossie (Afrikaans); isikolanjiba (IsiNdebele); mokhutesela (Sepedi); lexutasela (Sesotho); seretwane (Setswana.); delelemukula (Tshivenda)
Family: Malvaceae

... This species is quite distinct from other species of Malvaceae in having a 1-locule ovary, whereas the other ...

12 / 11 / 2018 | Siyabonga Tibini | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Dombeya tiliacea

Dombeya tiliacea
Common names: forest wild pear, forest dombeya, little-dog-rose (Eng.); bosblompeer, bosdrolpeer (Afr.), ibunda (isiZulu), utyibo (isiXhosa)
Family: Malvaceae

... resemblance to linden trees and lime trees, Tilia spp. (Malvaceae) The common name drolpeer or wildpear comes from ...

06 / 08 / 2018 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Sida

Sida cordifolia
Common names: fanpetals, mallows, sidas (Eng.)
Family: Malvaceae

... in high rainfall areas. Sida Unlike other genera in the Malvaceae, Sida is less important as a garden plant, as ...

26 / 02 / 2018 | Sushant Sharma | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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Azanza garckeana

Azanza garckeana (Bart Wurston)
Common names: azanza, quarters, Rhodesian tree-hibiscus, slime-apple, snot-apple, tree-hibiscus (Eng.); slymappel, snotappel (Afr.); caglacagla, ixaguxagu, ixakuxak
Family: Malvaceae

... calyx relates this genus to only 2 other genera in Malvaceae, namely Gossypium and Thespesia . However, the ... produced from the heartwood. As with many other species of Malvaceae, the fibers of the inner bark can be used to make a ...

18 / 12 / 2017 | Ashton Welcome | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Thespesia acutiloba

Thespesia acutiloba, lemon yellow hibiscus-like flowers in late summer. (Photo Geoff Nichols)
Common names: small-leaved portia tree, wild tulip tree, small-leaved tulip tree (Eng.); kleinblaarportiaboom, kleinblaartulpboom, wildetulpboom (Afr.); umthombe (i
Family: Malvaceae

... damping off. Thespesia is a genus in the hibiscus family, Malvaceae, and is quite closely related to Gossypium (cotton).The Malvaceae family is made up of trees, shrubs and herbs and ...

02 / 01 / 2017 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Triumfetta sonderi

Triumfetta sonderi has attractive, bristly, hairy fruits. (Nicky van Berkel, iSpot)
Common names: Sonder’s truimfetta (Eng.); waaierbossie, maagbossie, rolbossie, spinnekopbossie, tolbossie (Afr.); mokuku (Sepedi)
Family: Malvaceae

13 / 06 / 2016 | Refilwe Maria Malatji | Pretoria NBG
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Sterculia alexandri

Sterculia alexandri
Common names: Cape star-chestnut (Eng.); Kaapsesterkastaiing (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

30 / 11 / 2015 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Triumfetta annua

Triumfetta annua. Photo: Geoff Nichols
Common names: bur weed, lesser cockle bur, annual triumfetta (Eng.); klitsbossie (Afr.); umhlabangubo (isiXhosa)
Family: Malvaceae

... specific epithet annua . Triumfetta belongs to the family Malvaceae, the hibiscus or mallow family, in the order ...

23 / 11 / 2015 | Nonkululo Phephu | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Dombeya cymosa

Flowers of Dombeya cymosa. Photo Geoff Nichols
Common names: small-flowered dombeya, smooth wild pear, Natal dombeya, Natal wild pear, hairless dombeya (Eng.); gladdeblompeer, Nataldrolpeer, gladdedrolpeer (Afr.
Family: Malvaceae

... and is currently included in the expanded mallow family, Malvaceae, according to the APG II. The genus Dombeya was ...

27 / 04 / 2015 | Nonkululo Phephu | National Herbarium Pretoria
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