Maha epala (මහ ඇපල) , Grape Leaved Mallow in English. Abelmoschus vitifolius is the botanical name .This plant is widely used in Ayurvedic treatments to treat Head lice
It grows like a Shrub and around1.5 m or more tall Leaves lamina 3 – 6.5 X 3 – 6.6 cm . Flowers solitary, axillary, or terminally racemose by reduction of upper leaves, yellow with deep purple or maroon center. Capsule depressed globose with beak, shallowly winged, prominently laterally and reticulately veined, pale-yellow
