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MALVA
(
La
,
G
)
Mallow (
Le
)
Family:
MALVACEAE
malakos, = soft, gentle, mild. (mallow) (emollient, softening properties of the seeds)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Malva parviflora (alien and naturalised)
(
La
)
Bread-and Cheese(
PS
) Kasiesblaar Unomolwana
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)
(
ld
,
BL
,
Cw
)
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
)