WALAM
Growth form
Broadleaf
Life cycle
Perennial
Habitat
Terrestrial
synonym | Melochia corchorifolia Wall. |
synonym | Waltheria africana K.Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria africana K.Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria africana Schum. & Thonn. |
synonym | Waltheria americana L. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. densiflora Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. elliptica (Cav.) Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K. Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. subspicata K. Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria angustifolia L. |
synonym | Waltheria arborescens Cav. |
synonym | Waltheria corchorifolia Pers. |
synonym | Waltheria detonsa A.Gray |
synonym | Waltheria detonsa A.Gray |
synonym | Waltheria elliptica Cav. |
synonym | Waltheria erioclada DC. |
synonym | Waltheria guineensis K.Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria guineensis K.Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria guineensis Schum. & Thonn. |
synonym | Waltheria indica var. americana (L.) R. Br. ex Hosaka |
synonym | Waltheria indica var. sahelica Roberty |
synonym | Waltheria laevis Schrank |
synonym | Waltheria laevis Schrank |
synonym | Waltheria makinoi Hayata |
synonym | Waltheria microphylla Cav. |
synonym | Waltheria obtusa Willd. ex Steud. |
synonym | Waltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast. |
synonym | Waltheria pedunculata Willd. ex Steud. |
synonym | Waltheria pyrolifolia Gray |
synonym | Waltheria wildii Suess. |
Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Mayotte : Waltheria indica flowers from November to April and fruits from January to June.
New Caledonia: Flowering and fruiting of Waltheria indica occur at the end of the rainy season.
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Northern-Cameroon: Waltheria indica develops from Sudano-Sahelian region to Guinea region. This species occurs in degraded soils, with low fertility, having a sandy superficial horizon, such as ferruginous degraded soils on sandstone or laterite stand.
French Guiana: A common species in ruderal areas.
Madagascar: Present in all areas, and on tanety and baiboho (upland soils). Common on the edges of fields, wastelands or plots recently returned to culture after fallow. Not palatable by animals.
Mauritius: It is a species that has been introduced and is naturalized throughout at low altitude in fallow, vacant lots and roadsides.
Mayotte: Waltheria indica is an exotic species naturalized in secondarized open environments, especially along roads and in forest windfalls.
New Caledonia: It is a classical weed of crops and disturbed areas (dry forest) and wastelands.
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Waltheria indica is a widespread species in the tropics. It would have been disseminated very early in the Pacific first by the indigenous populations and then by the first European travelers. The first official record in New Caledonia is 1774.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Herbarium images ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Waltheria%2520indica
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Malvales |
Family | Malvaceae |
Genus | Waltheria |
Species | Waltheria indica L. |