Malope trifida shine sunan kimiyya don nau'in shuka furanni na shekara-shekara a cikin dangin Malvaceae. Wanda aka fi sani da "mallow-mallow," asalinsa ne daga Arewacin Afirka da yankin Bahar Rum amma an gabatar da shi kuma an ba da shi a wasu sassan duniya. Itacen yana girma har zuwa mita 1.2 kuma yana samar da furanni masu ban sha'awa, ruwan hoda ko fari tare da wurare masu duhu waɗanda suke fure a lokacin rani. Kalmar "Malope" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci "malakos," ma'ana "laushi," yayin da "trifida" yana nufin "lobed uku," yana nufin siffar ganyen shuka.