<p>Family: Malvaceae
Distribution: Found through out the tropics. Photographed in my kitchen garden.The leaves of the plant are used as leafy vegetable and a favourite pickle is prepared in Andhra Pradesh, which  is known as "Gongura pachchadi" Fiber is extracted from the stem, which is used in agricultural activities.
Description: 1-1.5m tall herbs, leaves deeply 3-5 lobed, serrate margin, slightly hairy, leaves sour to taste, Flowers solitary axillary, 4-5 cm across, light yellow with a dark purple throat, Capsule globose, apiculate, bristly, seed are also edible.
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Description: 1-1.5m tall
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