Abutilon pannosum
(G.Forst.) Schlect., Bot. Zeit. 9: 828. 1851. Sida pannosa
G.Forst. in Comment. Soc. Reg. Sci. Gotting ser 2: 9. 1787.S. mutica Delile ex DC.,
Prodr. 1: 470. 1824. Abutilon muticum (Delile ex DC.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed 2: 65. 1830.
Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 327. 1874.
Guj.: Makhmali kapat.
Undershrubs or shrubs, up to 2 m high; stems slender, tomentose by stellate and some simple hairs. Leaves 2 - 8 x 2 - 7.9 cm, orbicular to rounded-cordate, acute at apex, irregularly dentate, 5 - 9-nerved at base, densely stellate-hairy on both surfaces; petioles 1.5 - 6 cm, tomentose by stellate and simple hairs; stipules 3 - 6 mm long, linear, hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, sometimes in terminal racemes by reduction of the upper leaves; pedicels 1 - 4 cm long, slender, jointed towards apex, pubescent by stellate and some simple hairs. Calyx campanulate, divided to the middle, lobes 8 - 15 x 5 - 8 mm, deltoid, densely stellate-hairy outside and with simple hairs inside. Corolla 1.5 - 2 cm across, yellow with deep brown centre; petals 1 - 2 x 1 - 1.5 cm, obliquely triangular, glabrous. Staminal column 5 - 8 mm long, not exceeding petals, antheriferous throughout, stellate-pubescent. Schizocarps 0.5 - 1 cm high, 1- 2 cm across, subglobose, depressed at the top, downy; mericarps 20 - 25, 6 - 10 x 5 mm, reniform with awn, compressed on sides, hairy on the dorsal margin, 2 - 3-seeded. Seeds ca 1.5 mm across, minutely hairy or glabrous, brownish.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - March.
Distrib. India: North Western to Central India and Deccan plateau in waste places up to 300 m. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Tropical Africa.
Notes. Stem yields fibre of poor quality. Mucilaginous leaves used as pectoral.
Undershrubs or shrubs, up to 2 m high; stems slender, tomentose by stellate and some simple hairs. Leaves 2 - 8 x 2 - 7.9 cm, orbicular to rounded-cordate, acute at apex, irregularly dentate, 5 - 9-nerved at base, densely stellate-hairy on both surfaces; petioles 1.5 - 6 cm, tomentose by stellate and simple hairs; stipules 3 - 6 mm long, linear, hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, sometimes in terminal racemes by reduction of the upper leaves; pedicels 1 - 4 cm long, slender, jointed towards apex, pubescent by stellate and some simple hairs. Calyx campanulate, divided to the middle, lobes 8 - 15 x 5 - 8 mm, deltoid, densely stellate-hairy outside and with simple hairs inside. Corolla 1.5 - 2 cm across, yellow with deep brown centre; petals 1 - 2 x 1 - 1.5 cm, obliquely triangular, glabrous. Staminal column 5 - 8 mm long, not exceeding petals, antheriferous throughout, stellate-pubescent. Schizocarps 0.5 - 1 cm high, 1- 2 cm across, subglobose, depressed at the top, downy; mericarps 20 - 25, 6 - 10 x 5 mm, reniform with awn, compressed on sides, hairy on the dorsal margin, 2 - 3-seeded. Seeds ca 1.5 mm across, minutely hairy or glabrous, brownish.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - March.
Distrib. India: North Western to Central India and Deccan plateau in waste places up to 300 m. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Tropical Africa.
Notes. Stem yields fibre of poor quality. Mucilaginous leaves used as pectoral.
