Abelmos Woody

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Video: Abelmos Woody

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Abelmos Woody
Abelmos Woody
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Abelmoschus ficulneus - flowering shrub

genus Abelmoschus (Latin Abelmoschus)

belonging to

the Malvaceae family (Latin Malvaceae) … Abelmos arboreal is a perennial plant with a woody stem, unlike most other species of the genus, which have a sturdy but herbaceous stem. But the leaves and flowers adhere to the traditional form for plants of the Abelmos genus. This species of the genus grows in areas with a warm climate, often becoming a malicious weed for cultivated plantings, especially for plantations with cotton.

The area of Abelmos arboreal

Abelmos arboreal is native to the regions of North and East Africa, is found on the island of Madagascar, grows in South and Southeast Asia, and also reached the smallest continent of the planet, settling in the lands of Northern Australia. The plant liked the living conditions in Australia, and therefore the shrub turned into an annoying weed for cotton growers, infesting cotton plantations.

Since Abelmos is arboreal in the wild, the common people call it "Wild White Musk Mallow" if the flowers of the plant are white. Plants with pink flowers are called "Natural Pink Rose".

Description

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Abelmos arboreal is an erect shrub that grows up to one or two meters in height and spreads its woody stems within a radius of also one or two meters. Stems are covered with long-petiolate, lobed leaves of a rounded shape with a heart-shaped base. The length of the leaves varies from five to eight centimeters, with the width of the leaf plate from four to seven centimeters. The leaf plate can consist of three to five lobes, serrated along the edge. The surface of the leaves on both sides is rough, rough, permeated with a network of light veins, drawing an intricate pattern. The entire plant is covered with small hairs that can irritate human skin.

The flower sepals are covered with velvety hairs, and the funnel-shaped flowers grow in lengths from five to seven centimeters. Flower petals can be white with a bright spot in the center of the flower, colored from pink to dark purple, or pink. Flowers stay on the branches for several days, giving the shrub a picturesque look.

The pollinated flowers give way to the fruits of the plant, which have the form of ribbed capsule heads with five ribs. The surface of the fruit is hairy and sticky to the touch. The length of the capsules ranges from two and a half to four centimeters with a fruit width of one and three tenths to two centimeters. The fruit ends with a short "beak". Young capsules are colored green in different shades. In late summer and early autumn, when the fruits of Abelmos are fully ripe, the woody green color is inferior to dark brown, and the fruit itself falls apart into five parts, giving freedom to its ball-shaped seeds, the surface of which has a color from brown to black and is covered with tiny hairs. Each fruit contains from ten to twenty such ball seeds. Seeds germinate in spring or summer, irrigated by rain streams, rapidly increasing height and branching.

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The healing abilities of the plant

Abelmos woody is a real storehouse of substances useful to humans. They are found in all parts of the plant, but for medicinal purposes people use the roots, leaves and fruits of the shrub. Thus, beta-sitosterol and beta-D-glucoside were found in the leaves of Abelmos woody. Along with the named substances, the flower petals contain anthocyanins, which are very necessary for humans, but the human body itself does not know how to produce them. The seeds contain an essential oil that is rich in a variety of acids. All these substances determine a wide range of healing abilities of Abelmos woody.

A decoction of the leaves is used to treat fever and diarrhea. The paste made from the leaves replenishes the calcium deficiency in the body. The crushed roots and root juice help with the scorpion bite. And the plant has many other abilities.

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