Egyptian mallow / طُبّاق / / الخبّيزة

خُبَّيْزَة صَغيرَة الزَّهْر / الخبازة / الخبيزه / الخبازي / خبازة صغيرة الأزهار

Malva parviflora L.

Flowers & Leaves, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Seeds
Preparation
  • Cooked with olive oil
  • Salads
  • Soups
Blooming period
February to May
Foraging period
January
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Carminative
  • Diuretic
  • Laxative
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Malva
Family
Malvaceae
Wikidata item
Q4115447
GBIF Item
Malva parviflora L. (3152378)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, April 20). Malva parviflora. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:26, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malva_parviflora&oldid=1083665958
  2. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Malva+parviflora>
  3. de Cortes Sánchez-Mata, M., & Tardío, J. (Eds.). (2016). Mediterranean wild edible plants: ethnobotany and food composition tables. Springer.
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  6. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  7. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.

Citation

Malva parviflora L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/552 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

BARARI is an open science platform to responsibly share community-based knowledge about wild food plants.
Creative Commons License Barari content is under CC-BY license.