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Sida graveolens

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Name

Identification
Abutilon mitchellii Benth. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Barker, R.M., Abutilon cryptantha (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Barker, R.M., Sida leucopetala F.Muell. [family MALVACEAE ] Sida graveolens Roxb. ex Hornem. [family MALVACEAE ]
Related name
  • Abutilon graveolens
  • Sida leucopetala
  • Abutilon hirtum
  • Abutilon mitchellii
  • Sida graveolens
  • Abutilon cryptantha

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 graveolens Roxb. 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.

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