Alcea rosea
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Alcea rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Alcea Species: A. rosea
Binomial name
Alcea rosea L.

Alcea rosea (Common Hollyhock; syn. Althaea chinensis Wall., Althaea ficifolia Cav., Althaea rosea Cav.) is an ornamental plant in the Malvaceae family.

It was imported into Europe from China in the sixteenth century. William Turner, an herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.

Herbalism

Hollyhock is stated to be an emollient and laxative. It is used to control inflammation, to stop bedwetting and as a mouthwash in cases of bleeding gums.^[1]

Alcea rosea

External links

• Althaea rosea
• Althaea rosea

references

1. ^ Howard, Michael. Traditional Folk Remedies (Century, 1987) p.155

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