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Abutilon sonneratianum

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Identification
Isotype of Abutilon umtaliense Baker f. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Abutilon sonneratianum (Cav.) Sweet [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Sida unrecorded
  • Abutilon umtaliense
  • Sida sonneratia
  • Sida sonneratianum
  • Sida sonneratiana
  • Abutilon grantii
  • Abutilon sonneratianum

Flora

Entry for ABUTILON Sonneratianum Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 157, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ABUTILON Sonneratianum Cav. [family MALVACEAE], Diss. t. 6. f. 4;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 470. E. & Z. 318.
Sida Asiatica Thunb. [family MALVACEAE], Cap. p. 548. Drege, 7332, 7333.
Information
stems and petioles velvetty and villous; leaves cordate, acuminate, or 3-angled, repand, or unequally crenate, velvetty on both surfaces, canescent on the lower; stipules setaceous; pedicels longer than the leaves; calyx segments oblong-ovate, acuminate; carpels 9–10, truncate, obtuse, stellato-pubescent. The whole plant is softly velvetty; the younger stems and branches are also clothed with long, soft, spreading, deciduous hairs. Stem 1–2 feet high. Flowers yellow, an inch across. Carpels inflated, either quite obtuse, or slightly mucronate.
Range
A native also of tropical Asia, and often confounded with the following.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Woods and waste places, in the eastern districts, Caffraria and Natal. (Herb. T.C.D.)

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