Abutilon pannosum (G.Forst.) Schltdl.

Ragged mallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Abutilon

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The branches are softly hairy. The leaves are oval or rounded. They are heart shaped at the base. They have double teeth. The flowers are yellow or pink. The fruit have 2 or 3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Silty and often saline flood-plains; river banks; wet depressions in Acacia bushland; cultivations; dunes; clayey-sandy soils, clayey and sandy soils in depressions between dunes at elevations of 30-900 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It can grow in arid places. It grows in India on the Deccan in western Rajasthan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The seeds are used in times of scarcity.
Uses animal food fiber food gene source material medicinal social use
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Hemorrhoids (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Abutilon pannosum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1131570-2
WFO ID wfo-0000512163
COL ID 64B2Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sida polycarpa Abutilon muticum Abutilon tomentosum Abutilon glaucum Abutilon pannosum Sida mutica Sida glauca Sida pannosa Abutilon benadirense Abutilon muticum var. parvifolium Abutilon muticum var. villosum

Lower taxons

Abutilon pannosum var. figarianum Abutilon pannosum var. scabrum