Abutilon grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet

Hairy indian mallow (en), Abutilon (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Abutilon

Characteristics

Perennial shrub to 1-(2) m high. Stems densely clothed in stellate hairs and with long erect simple hairs at least above. Lvs densely clothed in fine stellate hairs, velvety to touch, lighter green below, broadly ovate, acute to acuminate, cordate to almost sagittate at base, not lobed, irregularly serrate, 4-15 cm long; petioles 2-12 cm long; stipules oblong, 5-15 mm long, often deciduous. Fls axillary and solitary or 2-4 (rarely more) in irregular axillary infls; fruiting peduncles 2-7 cm long; calyx shallowly campanulate; calyx teeth much > tube, ovate-triangular, acute to acuminate, densely clothed in stellate hairs, somewhat recurved at fruiting; petals orange-yellow, 15-20 mm long. Cells c. 10 per fr., covered in fine stellate hairs and with long stellate hairs particularly along the ridged back; dorsal apical angle shortly awned. Seeds brown, hairy, particularly on back, 2-3 mm diam.
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Bushy shrub, 1.5-3.0 m high. Leaves cordate, apex attenuate, margins crenate-dentate, dark olive-green. Flowers 1-3 in axillary or apical cymes; pedicels slender, up to 90 mm long, articulated. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, lobes ovate, attenuate, exceeding ripe fruit in length. Petals deep yellow. Flowering time Sept.-June. Fruit semiglobose, truncate. Mericarps less than 17, dark greyish brown, with apical awn up to 2 mm long, ventral tooth ± upcurved at apex.
A tall shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year. The branches are zig-zag and hairy. The leaves are 1-6 cm long. The flowers are yellow or orange. The fruit are 1.5 cm across and 1 cm long. They are dry and split open when mature.
Shrub, up to 2(-3) m high. Stems, petioles, pedicels and sometimes calyx tube densely covered with simple patent hairs 2-4 mm long. Mericarps fewer than 17 per fruit. Flowers yellow to orange.
A tall perennial, 3–6 ft. high, with more or less zigzag hairy branches
Flowers yellow to orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is best in full sun and a fertile well-drained soil. In South America it grows from sea level to 2,000 m above sea level.
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Naturalized in Hawaii in waste areas, fields, and along roadsides, especially in arid regions, from near sea level up to 600 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use fiber material medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Insect bites and stings (leaf), Snake bites (leaf), Eye diseases (root), Leprosy (root), Cough (seed), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

Habit

Abutilon grandifolium habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium habit picture by Eggert Finder (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Abutilon grandifolium leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium leaf picture by cabana carlos manuel (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Abutilon grandifolium flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium flower picture by Boy Portuguese (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Abutilon grandifolium fruit picture by cabana carlos manuel (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium fruit picture by Daniel schefer (cc-by-sa)
Abutilon grandifolium fruit picture by Eggert Finder (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Abutilon grandifolium world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Burkina Faso, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Spain, India, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Paraguay, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Uruguay, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1026852-2
WFO ID wfo-0000511941
COL ID 8N43
BDTFX ID 166589
INPN ID 445747
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sida grandifolia Abutilon tortuosum Abutilon arnottianum Sida arnottiana Abutilon kauaiense Abutilon molle Abutilon sordidum Abutilon molle var. grandifolium Abutilon mollissimum var. sandwicense Abutilon grandifolium