Lewis Short
malva (noun F) : μαλάχη
* Mallows: in magnis laudibus malva est utraque, et sativa, et silvestris. Duo genera earum amplitudine folii discernuntur: majorem Graeci malopen vocant in sativis. Alteram ab emoliendo ventre dictam putant malachen, etc.,Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; Mart. 10, 48, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary