Abutilon trisulcatum Urb.

Anglestem indian mallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Abutilon

Characteristics

Herbs, annual, sometimes perennial, or subshrubs, 1–2.5 m. Stems erect, prominently 3-sulcate when young, minutely puberulent, usually viscid (especially in inflorescence). Leaves: stipules subulate, 2–4 mm; petiole usually shorter than blade; blade slightly discolorous, ovate, 6–11 cm, longer than wide, base cordate, margins crenulate-serrulate, apex acuminate, surfaces tomentulose, obscured by pubescence. Inflorescences terminal, open panicles. Flowers: calyx 3–4 mm, lobes not overlapping, erect in fruit, lanceolate-ovate; corolla sometimes reflexed, yellow, often with dark red center, petals 4–6 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 5-branched. Schizocarps subcylindric, usually medially constricted, 6–8 × 5–8 mm; mericarps: apex apiculate, minutely puberulent. Seeds 3 per mericarp, 2 mm, minutely pubescent. 2n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 2.15
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

Leaf

Abutilon trisulcatum leaf picture by Alfredo Dorantes Euan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Abutilon trisulcatum world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:355-2
WFO ID wfo-0000512346
COL ID 8ND5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sida trisulcata Abutilon nealleyi Abutilon triquetrum Abutilon ramosissimum Bastardia triquetra Sida ramosissima Sida triquetra Sida triquetra Abutilon trisulcatum