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

Zimbabwe: 17 taxa.

Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. macrophyllum (Baker f.) Hochr.E
austro-africanum Hochr.W,S
englerianum Ulbr.N,C,SDescription
fruticosum Guill. & Perr.S
grandiflorum G. DonE,SDescription, Image
hirtum (Lam.) SweetN,S
indicum (L.) Sweet subsp. guineense (Schumach.) Borss.Waalk.W,SDescription, Image
lauraster Hochr.N,SDescription, Image
longicuspe Hochst. ex A. Rich.EDescription, Image
mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik.N,C,E,SDescription, Image
pycnodon Hochr.W,C,S
ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr.N,W,E,SDescription, Image
rehmannii Baker f.S
sonneratianum (Cav.) SweetC,E,S
sp.no.1 (Drummond 7842)S
sp.no.2 (Phipps 1309)N

Other sources of information about Abutilon:

Our websites:

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

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Abutilon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Abutilon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Abutilon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Abutilon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Abutilon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Abutilon
JSTOR Plant Science: Abutilon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Abutilon
Plants of the World Online: Abutilon
Tropicos: Abutilon
Wikipedia: Abutilon

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Abutilon.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=935, retrieved 12 October 2024

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