Compilation
Abutilon asiaticum

14 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Abutilon muticum Baker f. [family MALVACEAE ] Abutilon asiaticum (L.) Sweet [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Jan van Borssum Waalkes,
Related name
  • Sida asiatica
  • Abutilon muticum
  • Abutilon asiaticum
  • Abutilon pannosum
  • Sida guineensis
  • Abutilon guineense
  • Abutilon hirsutum
  • Abutilon grandiflorum
Common name
  • apongo (Bunting; FRI) mmofra forowa = children’s cream-pot (FRI; JMD) odonno-bea (FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • fufuba-tsho (JMD) gbekεbĩi akεntεŋ = children’s basket [of fruits] (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bush mallow; country mallow., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • tala-ura-gna (A Chev. fide JMD) (MALI, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • nwaha (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for ABUTILON asiaticum Don [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 175, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
ABUTILON asiaticum Don [family MALVACEAE], Gen. Syst. i. 503.
Sida asiatica Linn. [family MALVACEAE], DC. Prod. i. 470.
Sida guineensis Schum. et Thonn. [family MALVACEAE], Pl. Guin. 307.
Information
An erect perennial whose branches are covered with down, mingled with a few villi. Leaves stalked, cordate-ovate, acute, crenate-dentate, 7–12-nerved, downy on both surfaces, stalks scarcely so long as the blades. Stipules leafy, subulate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves, jointed near the top. Calyx-segments deltoid, acuminate, as long or longer than the ripe fruit. Petals reddish-yellow (Vogel). Fruit subglobose, depressed in the centre, an inch or more in diameter, of 20 or more carpels, which ultimately fall away from the axis, and are reniform, 2-mucronate, downy, and 3-seeded.
Range
A widely distributed plant in the tropics.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Senna, Dr. Kirk!Mozambique Mozamb. Dist. Forbes!Mozamb. Dist. Quilimane and elsewhere, Peters.Niger Upper Guinea T. Vogel!
Notes
Closely allied to A. indicum, but differing from it in the greater relative length of the peduncles and of the calyx.

Related Materials