Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
Fryxell
                
                
                    
Source:
tro
                
                
                    
Year:
1977
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Phytologia 37: 296 (1977)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001077854
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Pavonia macdougallii
- Pavonia
- Macdougallii Pavonia
 
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                    
                        Description
                        
                            Pavonia macdougallii (also called Macdougall's Pavonia, among many other common names) is a shrub native to South America. It has pink flowers and its leaves are ovate and lobed. It is found in moist, shady forests and along streams.                        
                     
                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Pavonia macdougallii is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a hedge plant. It is also used for its medicinal properties, such as treating fever, dysentery, and skin diseases.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            The flower of Pavonia macdougallii is yellow and has five petals. The seed is a small, black, oval-shaped seed. The seedlings are small and have three lobes.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                                    
                        Where to Find Pavonia macdougallii
                        
                            Pavonia macdougallii is native to Mexico and can be found in tropical and subtropical climates.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Pavonia genus
                        
                            Pavonia castaneifolia, 
Pavonia rotundifolia, 
Pavonia sepioides, 
Pavonia sepium, 
Pavonia serrata, 
Pavonia sidifolia, 
Pavonia somalensis, 
Pavonia schiedeana, 
Pavonia schimperiana, 
Pavonia senegalensis, 
Pavonia schweinfurthii, 
Pavonia semiserrata, 
Pavonia papilionacea, 
Pavonia paucibracteata, 
Pavonia penduliflora, 
Pavonia paniculata, 
Pavonia paludicola, 
Pavonia peruviana, 
Pavonia propinqua, 
Pavonia purpusii, 
Pavonia pleuranthera, 
Pavonia pirottae, 
Pavonia procumbens, 
Pavonia zeylanica, 
Pavonia stolzii, 
Pavonia triloba, 
Pavonia steudneri, 
Pavonia urens, 
Pavonia fonsecana, 
Pavonia falconensis, 
Pavonia firmiflora, 
Pavonia friisii, 
Pavonia dasypetala, 
Pavonia fruticosa, 
Pavonia gossweileri, 
Pavonia geminiflora, 
Pavonia fryxelliana, 
Pavonia fryxellii, 
Pavonia gallaensis, 
Pavonia brevibracteolata, 
Pavonia burchellii, 
Pavonia calycina, 
Pavonia cancellata, 
Pavonia candida, 
Pavonia baumliana, 
Pavonia blepharicarpa, 
Pavonia cristata, 
Pavonia cochensis, 
Pavonia columella, 
Pavonia malacophylla,                         
 
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Malvaceae family
                        
                            Abelmoschus angulosus, 
Abelmoschus caillei, 
Abelmoschus crinitus, 
Abelmoschus esculentus, 
Abelmoschus ficulneus, 
Abelmoschus hostilis, 
Abelmoschus magnificus, 
Abelmoschus manihot, 
Abelmoschus moschatus, 
Abelmoschus muliensis, 
Abelmoschus sagittifolius, 
Abelmoschus enbeepeegearensis, 
Abroma augustum, 
Abutilon abutiloides, 
Abutilon affine, 
Abutilon alii, 
Abutilon amplum, 
Abutilon andrewsianum, 
Abutilon andrieuxii, 
Abutilon anglosomaliae, 
Abutilon angulatum, 
Abutilon anodoides, 
Abutilon appendiculatum, 
Abutilon arenarium, 
Abutilon arequipense, 
Abutilon auritum, 
Abutilon austroafricanum, 
Abutilon badium, 
Abutilon balansae, 
Abutilon bastardioides, 
Abutilon benedictum, 
Abutilon berlandieri, 
Abutilon bidentatum, 
Abutilon bracteosum, 
Abutilon buchii, 
Abutilon burandtii, 
Abutilon bussei, 
Abutilon californicum, 
Abutilon calliphyllum, 
Abutilon carinatum, 
Abutilon coahuilae, 
Abutilon commutatum, 
Abutilon cryptopetalum, 
Abutilon cuspidatum, 
Abutilon densiflorum, 
Abutilon dinteri, 
Abutilon dispermum, 
Abutilon divaricatum, 
Abutilon dugesii, 
Abutilon durandoi,