• Family : MALVACEAE
  (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Basionym : Sida indica L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
• Common name : Indian Mallow
• Vernacular name : Khanghi, Jamphi, Khanghani (Hindi); Sri Mudre gida, Mudre gida, Hetutti, Paniyarattuti (Kannada); Thutthi (Tamil); Tutturi benda (Telugu); Pedipedika (Oria); Atibala (Sanskrit); Mudra (Marathi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Scrub and deciduous forests, also in wasteland
• Comments / notes : On hilly plains. Sometimes found as an aggressive colonizer on disturbed lands. Plant is used in local medicine.
• Flower, Fruit : July-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy & B. Sadasivaiah
• Collection Date : 04/04/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 39080
• Collection Locality : Idupulapaya, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Tropics
• World Distribution : Tropics and subtropics of the world
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abutilon indicum subsp. indicum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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