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Abutilon figarianum

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Identification
Isotype of Abutilon figarianum Webb [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Abutilon pannosum (G.Forst.) Schltdl. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Abutilon graveolens
  • Abutilon pannosum
  • Abutilon hirtum
  • Abutilon figarianum
  • Abutilon webbianum

Flora

Entry for ABUTILON figarianum Webb [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 figarianum Webb [family MALVACEAE], (1854).
ABUTILON webbianum Mattei [family MALVACEAE], (1915);. types from Egypt and S2, near “Brava”, Mangano s.n. (FT syn.).
Information
Shrubby herb or subshrub, up to 1.5 m or more tall; all parts tomentose, sometimes also with long simple hairs. Leaves with 1–14 cm long petiole; stipules c. 1.5–3 mm wide; blade ovate to suborbicular, up to 14.5 x 11.5 cm, cordate at the base, acuminate to rounded at the apex, with denticulate to dentate margins. Flowers in narrow panicles; pedicels 0.5–4 cm long. Calyx 6–12 mm long. Petals 8–17 mm long, yellow to orange. Mericarps 16–30, 6–9 x 4–7 mm, (2–)3-seeded, dorsal corner rounded or slightly angular. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, with stellate hairs.
Range
C2; S1, 2 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and westwards to West Africa,
Altitude range
50–350 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA SMP 19; Kuchar 16988.
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya

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