Abutilon persicum (Burm. f.) Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 364.1921. Sida persica Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 148, t. 47, f.1. 1768 .S. polyandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 173.1832. Abutilon polyandrum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Wight, Cat. No. 12. 1833, non G. Don 1831; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 325. 1874.

Undershrubs or herbs, 1 - 3 m high; stems, petioles and pedicels velutinous or tomentose by minute stellate hairs, with a few patent simple and some gland-tipped hairs. Leaves 2 - 20 x 1 - 25 cm, lower ones ovate-cordate, acute to acuminate at apex, upper ones ovate to lanceolate, gradually long acuminate at apex, crenate-dentate, 5 - 9-nerved at base with transverse connection like cobweb, densely stellate-hairy or glabrescent above, velutinous with minute stellate hairs with some scattered simple hairs on nerves beneath; petioles 0.5 - 12 cm, pubescent with stellate and simple hairs; stipules ca 6 mm, linear to subulate. Flowers solitary, axillary or partly in terminal panicles or racemes by reduction of upper leaves; pedicels 2.5 - 7 cm, accrescent up to 8 cm, jointed 1 - 2 cm below calyx, stellate-pubescent. Calyx 4 - 6 mm across, cup-shaped, divided to the middle or towards base, lobes 7 - 10 x 3 - 6 mm, ovate to lanceolate, acute to acuminate, densely hairy with minute stellate and some scattered simple hairs outside, velutinous with short simple hairs inside. Corolla yellow; petals 2 - 3.5 x 1.5 cm, obovate, outer margins hairy. Staminal column ca 5.5 mm long, basal part conical, glabrous, upper part stellate-hairy, filaments ca 15 mm long. Schizocarps 15 - 20 x 12 - 20 mm, more or less campanulate; mericarps 5, 15 - 20 x 12 - 20 mm and radially ca 5 mm with 2 stout, erecto-patent, ca 3 mm long awns, stellate and simple hairy outside, glabrous inside, 4 - 6-seeded. Seeds ca 2 mm across, reniform, glabrous or minutely punctate by stellate hairs, blackish-brown.

Fl. & Fr. Nov. - April.

Distrib. India: Throughout in dry deciduous forest up to 1000 m.

Bhutan, Myanmar, China and Malesia.

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