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Abutilon striatum
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Abutilon striatum Dickson ex Lindl., Bot. Reg. App. 39. 1839; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 273. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 204. 1996; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 383. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 147. 2009.
Sida striata (Dickson ex Lindl.) D. Dietr., Syn. Pl. 4: 852. 1847.
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Description:
Erect shrubs, 1-3 m high; young branches sparsely stellate-hairy. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, 3-5 angled or lobed, cordate at base, serrate to subentire at margin, acuminate at apex, 6-12 x 5-11 cm, glabrous above, stellate-hairy beneath; petioles ca 10 cm long, glabrous or stellate-pubescent; stipules lanceolate, ca 3 mm long, pubescent at apex and margin at base. Flowers solitary, axillary and pendulous;.pedicels ca 12 cm long, stellate-pubescent, jointed 1 mm below flower. Calyx ca 12 mm across; lobes ovate, ca 10 x 5 mm, stellate-tomentose, glabrescent inside. Corolla red; petals obovate, ca 3 x 1.5 cm, glabrous. Staminal column ca 2.5 cm long, glabrous, antheriferous above. Ovary cylindric, ca 2 mm across, densely simple-hairy at apex, stellate-tomentose outside, 9-10 loculed; styles 10-12, glabrous; stigmas reddish, capitate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as ornamental and also found as an escape
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Distribution:
Native of Central 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):
Orange, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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