Abutilon graveolensWight & Arn. [family MALVACEAE ] Abutilon hirtum(Lam.) Sweet [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Jan van Borssum Waalkes,
Related name
Sida unrecorded
Abutilon tortuosum
Abutilon grandifolium
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Abutilon figarianum
Abutilon mollissimum
Abutilon lugardii
Abutilon longicuspe
Hochreutinera amplexifolia
Abutilon avicennae
Abutilon graveolens
Sida amplexifolia
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Beloere cistiflora
Sida grandifolia
Sida graveolens
Sida mollis
Flora
Entry for ABUTILON graveolens (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Wight & Arn. [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 graveolens(Roxb. ex Hornem.) Wight & Arn. [family MALVACEAE], (1834);
Sida graveolensRoxb. ex Hornem. [family MALVACEAE], (1819). [type as above]
Information
Perennial herb, up to 1 m tall; all parts densely pubescent and also with short curled glandular hairs and numerous long simple hairs. Leaves with 1–6.5 cm long petiole; blade ovate to suborbicular, up to 10 x 9 cm, cordate at the base, acuminate to acute at the apex, with sharply dentate margins. Flowers in leaf axils; pedicels 1.5–4.5 cm long. Calyx 8–12(–15) mm long, ± densely pilose. Petals 10–20 mm long, yellow to orange. Staminal column with stellate hairs apically on expanded part and with bands running down to sinuses between the petals, otherwise glabrous. Mericarps c. 20–25, 7–12 x 4–7 mm, (1–)3-seeded, dorsal corner with a small tooth or an up to 1 mm long awn, often remaining attached to the receptacle. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, with simple hairs on distinct papillae.
Range
N1, 3 Arabia to India.
Altitude range
800–1500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4131, 4916; Bally 3009.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Probably more widespread in Somalia than indicated above.
