Usually it is found cultivated as ornamental plant (since very long ago). It has pharmaceutical properties. Flowers have light pink to purple.
Nombre científico: Althea pallida (There is also Althea rosea that is cultivated in gardens)
Cueillette: Malvaceae
Kythera Nombre: Dentromolocha, Molocha
Nombre en otros lugares de Grecia: Dentromolocha, Molocha
Colección: It is in wet areas. Its flowers are collected in early summer. When its blooming period ends, from August to September, leaves are collected.
Propiedades: Antitussive, it fights bronchitis. It is also healing. Its fresh leaves fight skin irritations and burns. Roots help to the treatment of dysentery, nephritis, cystitis and gastritis.
