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Abutilon hirtum
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. (ed. 1) 53. 1826; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 91(65). 1915; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 264. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 190. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 33. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 26. 2002; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 375. 2005.
Sida hirta Lam., Encycl. 1: 7. 1783.
Sida graveolens Roxb. ex Hornem., Hort. Suppl. 77. 1819.
Abutilon graveolens (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Wight & Arn. var. hirtum (Lam.) Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 327. 1874.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Oorakam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect subshrubs, 1-1.5 m tall; densely pubescent, mingled with some erect gland tipped hairs. Leaves 6.7 x 5-6 cm, ovate to orbicular, deeply cordate at base, acuminate, margin coarsely crenate, tomentose below, stipules 0.5 cm, lanceolate. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel 2 cm; sepals 1 x 0.5 cm, ovate, acuminate; petals 1.5 x 1.5 cm, ovate, yellow with purplish centre, spreading; staminal column 8 mm; ovary to 5 mm, 20-25 celled. Capsule 1.5 x 2 cm, densely tomentose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Semiarid tropics of the world; introduced in Tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Orange
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Kuchimudi
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