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==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
Mucilages are one of the major components responsible for the therapeutic effects of Malva, mainly due to their anticomplementary and cough suppression activities. The mucilages consist mainly of glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, rhamnose, galactose, fructose, glucose and sucrose.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
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M. sylvestris contains malvin and malonylmalvin.[22] It also contains the naphthoquinone malvone A, which is also a phytoalaxin.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Paradise Apple, Common Apple, Apple Tree}}
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Wood mallow, Tree mallow, High mallow}}
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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==Habit==
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
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{{Habit|Herbs}}
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Elliptic, oblong, obovate|The leaf blade is simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple|Roundish|The leaves are borne upon the stem, with numerous lobes, each 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) long, 2–5 centimetres (0.79–1.97 in) and 5–10 centimetres (2.0–3.9 in) in diameter.The leaves have hairs radiating from a common center, with prominent veins on the underside.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|1-4cm long|petals white or pink|5|The flowers, in sessile or short-peduncled cymes, Spoon-shaped, fringed petals}}
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2–3 millimeters long and 1.5 millimeters wide|reddish-purple, bright pinkish-purple with dark stripes and bright mauve-purple|2-4|Its calyx is free to the middle, 3–6 millimeters long, with broadly triangular lobes or ovate mostly 5–7 millimeters long. The flowers are 2–4 times as long as the calyx}}
 
 
===Fruit===
 
{{Fruit|simple||The fruits are circular and fleshy||many}}
 
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==How to plant/cultivate==
 
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It is often grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive flowers, produced for a long period through the summer. Numerous cultivars have been selected and named.
 
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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File:Wilde Malve Malva sylvestris 0530.jpg
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://flipper.diff.org/app/items/info/5518#:~:text=sylvestris.&text=Mucilages%20are%20one%20of%20the,%2C%20fructose%2C%20glucose%20and%20sucrose. Chemical composition]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S003194220600478X Chemical composition]</ref>
  
<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/barbadoscherry.htm Plant description]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mallow07.html#blu Plant description]</ref>
  
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/apple.html Cultivation Details]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.perennials.com/plants/malva-sylvestris-zebrina.html Cultivation Details]</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
* [ Malva sylvestris]
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* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malva_sylvestris Malva sylvestris]
  
 
   
 
   
  
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]

Revision as of 15:03, 2 June 2020

Malva sylvestris

Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus.

Uses

Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughing, Throat infections, Emphysema.

Parts Used

Leaves, Flower.

Chemical Composition

M. sylvestris contains malvin and malonylmalvin.[22] It also contains the naphthoquinone malvone A, which is also a phytoalaxin.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Wood mallow, Tree mallow, High mallow


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Roundish The leaves are borne upon the stem, with numerous lobes, each 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) long, 2–5 centimetres (0.79–1.97 in) and 5–10 centimetres (2.0–3.9 in) in diameter.The leaves have hairs radiating from a common center, with prominent veins on the underside.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2–3 millimeters long and 1.5 millimeters wide reddish-purple, bright pinkish-purple with dark stripes and bright mauve-purple 2-4 Its calyx is free to the middle, 3–6 millimeters long, with broadly triangular lobes or ovate mostly 5–7 millimeters long. The flowers are 2–4 times as long as the calyx

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

It is often grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive flowers, produced for a long period through the summer. Numerous cultivars have been selected and named. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Subtropical area.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links