Abutilon somalenseMattei [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Abutilon somalenseMattei [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Abutilon somalense
Flora
Entry for ABUTILON somalense Mattei [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 somalenseMattei [family MALVACEAE], (1915);. types: S2, near Mogadishu, Paoli 48 & 113 (FT syn.). Fig. 46 D.
Information
Shrubby herb or subshrub, up to 3 m tall, all parts shortly tomentose without long simple hairs. Leaves with 1.5–8 cm long petiole; blade ovate-triangular, up to 5 x 3.5 cm, cordate at the base, acute to rounded at the apex, with coarsely dentate margins. Flowers in a narrow terminal panicle or in leaf axils; pedicels 1.5–5 cm long. Calyx 7–10 mm long, lobed for c. 2/3 of the length. Petals 10–18 mm long, salmon pink, sometimes with darker base. Mericarps c. 15, 10–16 x 6–8 mm, 2–3-seeded, outer edge slightly rounded meeting the rounded upper edge in an up to c. 1 mm long awn, pubescent, papery and brittle. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, sparsely glandular puberulous.
