Toggle navigation
Geoffrey's plant names explained
Home
Contact
More
Families
Appendix
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Submit
Species within a genus
Genus:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
MALVA
(
La
,
G
)
Mallow (
Le
)
Family:
MALVACEAE
malakos, = soft, gentle, mild.
(mallow)
(emollient, softening properties of the seeds)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Malva parviflora
(
La
)
Bread-and Cheese, Kasiesblaar, Unomolwana (
PS
)
Location: (
P
)
parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(little, small, puny)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(Alien and naturalised)
(
ld
,
BL
,
Cw
)
Malva pusilla
(
F
,
La
)
Location: (
F
)
puer, pusus, = a boy, a little boy;
-illus, = diminutive.
pusillus, = very little, very small, petty, insignificant; a trifle.
(Alien)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Malva rotundifolia
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
rotundus, = wheel-shaped, i.e. round, circular, spherical, rotund;
(almost circular, with length to breadth almost 6 to 5)
folium, = a leaf.
(
ld
,
BL
)