Pan India Bouquets

Melhania denhamii R.Br.

Family : STERCULIACEAE
(Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
Synonym(s) : Brotera bracteosa Guill. & Perr.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Melhania denhamii R.Br.
Habit : Undershrub or shrub
Comments / notes : The leaves and flowers are used as cooling agents and as blood purifiers
Flower, Fruit : October-December
Distribution :
- Gujarat : Bhavnagar district
Native : Algeria, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Mauritania to India
Literature : Shah G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State Part 1. University Press Sardar Patel University: 123
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Melhania denhamii. Downloaded on 8 February 2023.