4983.000 Abutilon Mill.

Description of the genus

Biennial to perennial herbs or shrubs, usually with stellate hairs. Leaves petiolate, usually ± ovate with a cordate base. Flowers yellow, orange or apricot, usually opening in the afternoon. Epicalyx 0. Fruit of (5-)10-c.40 mericarps arranged round a central axis; (1-)2-3(-9)seeded. Not an easy genus to name. As in Sida it is ± essential to have ripe mericarps.

Derivation of name: Arabic vernacular name for a species of this genus

Worldwide: Over 100 species in tropical and warm zones

Mozambique: 12 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum T,MS,GIDescription, Image
angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. macrophyllum (Baker f.) Hochr.N,M
austro-africanum Hochr.M
englerianum Ulbr.GIDescription
grandiflorum G. DonMS,GI,MDescription, Image
grantii MeeuseM
indicum (L.) Sweet subsp. guineense (Schumach.) Borss.Waalk.Z,TMS,MDescription, Image
lauraster Hochr.N,Z,T,MS,GIDescription, Image
longicuspe Hochst. ex A. Rich.TDescription, Image
mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik.N,Z,MS,MDescription, Image
ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr.T,MS,GIDescription, Image
sonneratianum (Cav.) SweetMS,M

Other sources of information about Abutilon:

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Flora of Botswana: Abutilon
Flora of Caprivi: Abutilon
Flora of Malawi: Abutilon
Flora of Zambia: Abutilon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Abutilon
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Abutilon

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Abutilon
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Abutilon
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Abutilon
Wikipedia: Abutilon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Abutilon
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Abutilon

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Abutilon.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=935, retrieved 29 March 2023

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