Isotype of Sida bidentataHochst. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Abutilon bidentatum(Hochst.) A.Rich. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Abutilon indicum
Sida arabica
Sida cordifolia
Abutilon bidentatum
Sida bidentata
Abutilion bidentatum
Sida bidentatum
Sida indica
Flora
Entry for ABUTILON bidentatum A. Rich. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ABUTILON bidentatumA. Rich. [family MALVACEAE], (1847). Fig. 46 G.
Shrubby herb up to 1 m or more tall; all parts pubescent to tomentose and sometimes also with long simple hairs. Leaves long-petiolate; blade broadly ovate, up to c. 12(–17) x 10(–13) cm, cordate at the base, acuminate at the apex, with serrate-dentate margins. Flowers in leaf axils or on axillary shoots sometimes merging into panicles; pedicels 1.5–9 cm long. Calyx 6–10 mm long. Petals 7–13 mm long, yellow. Mericarps 12–17, 8–10 x 3–5 mm, 2-seeded, dorsal corner with a 1–2 mm long awn, ultimately stellately spreading and black. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, papillose.
