Abelmoschus tuberculatus
Pal & Singh in Bot. Gaz. 113.458. 1952.
Herbs or undershrubs, ca 1 m high; stems strigose with simple hairs, ultimately
glabrescent. Leaves 4 - 12 x 5 - 15 cm, lower and middle leaves 5 -7-lobed, lobes
ovate-oblong with 2 - 3 lobules, upper leaves 3 -
5-lobed, palmatisect, 4 -
6 x 6 -
8 cm;
petioles 2 -
15 cm long; stipules 3 -
8 mm long. Pedicels 4 -
8 mm long, accrescent up
to 1.5 cm. Epicalyx segments 9 -
12, ca 1 cm long. Calyx lobes 1 -
2.5 x 1 cm. Corolla
yellow or white with deep purple centre; petals 1.5 -
3.5 x 1 -
1.5 cm. Capsules 1.5 -
5 cm
long, 1 -
1.5 cm across, densely studded with bristle bearing tubercles. Seeds 3 - 5 mm
in diam., glabrous or densely villous, dark brown or black.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Leaves deltoid, 3 - 5-lobed. Seeds 4 - 5 mm in diam., densely villous | 6.1. deltoidefolius |
| b. Leaves palmilobed to palmatisect; seeds 3 mm in diam., glabrous | 6.2. tuberculatus |
