Malvaceae
Uhaloa
Waltheria indica
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Waltheria
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Meidebossie
- Chinese
- 蛇婆子, 和他草, 草梧桐
- dag
- Buduni
- English
- Uhaloa
- Indonesian
- Uhaloa
- Kinyarwanda
- Umuturirwa
Synonyms
- Waltheria africana Schumach. & Thonn.
- Waltheria americana L.
- Waltheria americana var. densiflora K.Schum.
- Waltheria americana var. elliptica K.Schum.
- Waltheria americana var. glandulosa R.E.Fr.
- Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K.Schum.
- Waltheria americana var. sahelica Roberty
- Waltheria americana var. subspicata K.Schum.
- Waltheria angustifolia L.
- Waltheria arborescens Cav.
- Waltheria corchorifolia Pers.
- Waltheria debilis Bojer
- Waltheria elliptica Cav.
- Waltheria erioclada DC.
- Waltheria guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.
- Waltheria indica var. americana (L.) R.Br. ex Hosaka
- Waltheria indica var. prostrata (K.Schum.) M.Gómez
- Waltheria laxa Thulin
- Waltheria makinoi Hayata
- Waltheria martii Colla
- Waltheria obtusa Willd. ex Steud.
- Waltheria paniculata Benth.
- Waltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast.
- Waltheria pedunculata Willd. ex Steud.
- Waltheria prostrata K.Schum.
- Waltheria wildii Suess.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.