Herbarium JCB

Abutilon persicum (Burm.f.) Merr.

Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Abutilon persicum
Basionym : Sida persica Burm. f.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Abutilon persicum (Burm.f.)Merr.
Common name : Persian Mallow
Vernacular name : Chota Banse (Hin.); Betta Bendu gida (Kan.); Atibala (San.)
Collection Nos : KFP 11109
Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar & B.Gurudev Singh
Collection Date : 21/03/80
Collection Locality : B.R.Hills, Chamarajnagar distict, Karnataka State
Habitat : Moist deciduous forest
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : October-April
Comments : Common in most hill ranges of Eastern Ghats up to 1400 m. A ready colonizer of new roads.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : South & South-East Asia and Malesia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Abutilon persicum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.