A multi-branched , erect velvety-pubescent perennial shrub or subrshrub ; up to 2 m tall . Stems round , often tinged with purple ; branches tomentose with stellate and simple hairs . Leaves alternate , simple , 2-18 x 1 . 5-16 cm , ovate , apex acute to acuminate , base cordate , margins irregularly serrate to dentate , both sides softly velvety-pubescent ; petiole as long or shorter than the blade . Inflorescences solitary , c . 2 cm across , axillary ; pedicel 1 . 5-8 cm . Flowers deep yellow to orange , open in the evening ; calyx 7-9 mm , green , lobes lanceolate ; petals 5 , obovate , 1-1 . 5 cm . Fruit mericarps , 15-20 , circular , flat topped , with stellate and simple hairs . Seeds reniform , slightly stellate , pubescent , dark brown or black . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Abutilon elongatum Moench
Sida indica L.
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Abutilon
Indian Abutilon
Indian Mallow
Country Mallow
Moon Flower
Monkey Bush
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
