| Latin name | Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Identified with (Lat) | Hibiscus abelmoschus L. |
| Identified with (Skt) | latākastūrikā |
| Identified with (Hin) | latākastūri |
| Identified with (Tam) | veṟṟilaikkastūri, kāṭṭukkastūri |
| Identified with (Mal) | latākastūri, kāṭṭukkastūri, kastūriveṇṭa |
| Identified with (Eng) | Musk mallow, Ambrette seed plant |
| Botanical info | An erect hirsute or hispid annual herb growing all over India, 60-180 cm high, simple leaves of varying shapes, large yellow flowers with purple centre, fulvous-hairy fruits, black or greyish seeds |
| Search occurrence | latākastūrikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts |
| See plant's image | Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. in Google image search |
Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 896)
latākastūrikā or latākastūrī, f. musk-creeper, a kind of aromatic medicinal plant (according to some Hibiscus Moschatus).
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