Malvaceae
Flor impia
Pentapetes phoenicea
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pentapetes
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bangla
- দুপুরমণি, কটলতা, দুপুরচণ্ডি, পঞ্চপেটি
- Chinese
- 午时花, 午时花属, 午時花, 午時花屬, 夜落金钱, 子午花
- English
- Flor impia
- Japanese
- ゴジカ
- Portuguese
- Pentapetes
- Spanish
- Pentapetes
- Thai
- บานเที่ยง
Synonyms
- Assonia phoenicea (L.) Raeusch.
- Blattaria phoenicea Kuntze
- Brotera phoenicea (L.) Cav.
- Cavanilla phoenicea J.F.Gmel.
- Dombeya phoenicea Cav.
- Eriorhaphe phoenicea (L.) Bamps
- Eriorhaphe punicea Miq.
- Pentapetes angustifolia Blume
- Pentapetes cebuana Blanco
- Pentapetes coccinea Blanco
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pradeep Jain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: SHRABANI MONDAL, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kiran.thumma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.