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Malvaceae family

Talipariti tiliaceum
(Linnaeus) Fryxell var. pernambucense (Arruda) Fryxell
, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 262.  2001.
Bas.: Hibiscus pernambucensis Arruda (1810).


Maho mang.  Maho gonbo.
Escaped tree of swampy lowlands and moist areas and the forest edge often by ravines.
Native to Brazil.
Also planted to stabilize soil, especially riverbanks.