Abelmoschus moschatus
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Title
Abelmoschus moschatus
Subject
Taxonomy
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Order : Malvales
Family : Malvaceae
Genus : Abelmoschus
Species : Abelmoschus moschatus
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Order : Malvales
Family : Malvaceae
Genus : Abelmoschus
Species : Abelmoschus moschatus
Synonyms
Abelmoschus abelmoschus (L.), H.Karst. [Invalid], Abelmoschus betulifolia Wall., Abelmoschus chinensis Wall, Abelmoschus ciliaris Walp, Abelmoschus cryptocarpus Walp, Abelmoschus cubensis Walp, Abelmoschus cucurbitaceus Walp, Abelmoschus haenkeanus C.Presl, Abelmoschus marianus C.Presl, Abelmoschus palustris Walp, Abelmoschus pseudoabelmoschus (Blume) Walp, Abelmoschus roseus Walp, Abelmoschus sublobatus C.Presl, Hibiscus abelmoschus L., Hibiscus collinsianus Nutt. ex Torr. A. Gray, Hibiscus moschatus (Medik.) Salisb
Common name
Kapas Hantu, Kapas Hutan, Gandapura, Kasturi, Musk Mallow, Musk Okra, Ambrette, Mushkdana, Tropical Jewel Hibiscus
Description
Characteristics
An erect herb or subshrubs and usually annual or short-lived perennial reaching up to 4 m high.
Morphology
Stems
Hispid-pubescent with appressed whitish hairs to measurement about 3-4mm long, solid or hollow.
Leaves
Hastate, grows up to 30cm long and broad, shallowly to deeply 3 to 7 lobed, the divisions deltoid to oblong lanceolate, coarsely serrate, dentate to crenate and apices acute to acuminate, rarely obtuse, leaf-bases cordate or sagittate.
Petiole
20cm long, stipules linear to filiform and measures to 1 cm long.
Flowers
Solitary, bisexual, in upper axils, on apically expanded pedicels, at first, measuring 2-4 cm long, in flower; extending to 12-19 cm in fruit. The involucral bracts are 6-10 in number, linear to subulate or lanceolate, measuring 9-15 mm long and 1-2.5 mm broad, appressed, persistent in fruit. The calyx caduceus measures 1.8-3.5 cm long and 5-toothed at apex. The corolla is yellow in colour with a deep purple or crimson spot at base; petals asymmetrical, obovate, measuring 7-9 cm long, cilliate at base. The staminal column measures about 2.5-3 cm long. The capsule dry, 5-valved, thin-walled, ovoid to fusiform, apiculate, measuring 5-8 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, terete to slightly 5-angles and usually hispid are dark brown to blackish in colour.
Seeds
Ovoid, reniform, measures 3-4 mm long, concentrically striate-pubescent, especially around the hilum, grayish-brown to black in colour, with an oily musky taste and a musky odour when rubbed
Chemical compound
A. moschatus has been reported to contain 5-dodecenyl-acetate, 5-tetradecen-14-olide, 5-tetradecenyl-acetate, acetic-acid, alpha-cephalin, ambrettol, ambrettolic-acid, ambrettolide(=7-hexadecen-16-olide), decyl-acetate, decyl-alcohol, farnesol, fat, furfural, kaempferol, kaempferol-3-0-glucoside, methionine-sulfoxide, mucilage, myricicetin, myricicetin-3′-glucoside, myristic-acid, palmitic-acid, phosphatidyl-serine, phosphatidylcholine-plasmalogen, phosphatidylserine-plasmalogen, pineol, protein, quercetin, and quercetin-3′-glucoside
Plant part used
Seeds, roots and leaves
Traditional uses
- A. moschatus seeds are considered antihysteric, antineurotic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, carminative, diuretic, litholytic, stimulant, stomachic, and tonic.
- The roots and leaves are made into poultices to treat boils, cystitis and fever.
- For the treatment of urinary discharge and gonorrhoea some use the seeds while others used a decoction of the leaves and roots.
Medicinal uses
- Myricetin isolated from the aerial part of A. moschatus has antidiabetic activity which is able to enhance utlization of glucose.
- Seed extracts of A. moschatus was able to prevent natural degradation of FGF-2 and maintaining the bioavailability of heparan sulphate proteoglycans for its target cells. It has skin protective activtiy which are skin biomechanical properties and reduction of wrinkles clinically.
List of country
Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Combodia, Laos, Vietnam
Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Combodia, Laos, Vietnam
Creator
Abelmoschus moschatus (Medik,1787)
Source
Publisher
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Contributor
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Abelmoschus moschatus (Medik,1787), “Abelmoschus moschatus ,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/9.