Abroma augusta (L.) L.f.

 
  • Family : STERCULIACEAE
    (Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Basionym : Theobroma augustum L.
  • Synonym(s) : Abroma alatum Blanco; Abroma angulatum Lam.; Abroma angulosum Poir.; Abroma commune Blanco; Abroma denticulatum Miq.; Abroma elongatum Lam.; Abroma fastuosum Jacq.; Abroma javanicum Miq.; Abroma molle DC.; Abroma obliquum C.Presl; Abroma sinuosum G.Nicholson; Abroma wheleri Retz.; Theobroma augustum L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Abroma augustum (L.) L.f.
  • Common name : Devil's cotton
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ulat Kambal (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Bark yields fibre
  • Flower, Fruit : December-August
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : AgattiIs Islands, Kavaratti Islands
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abroma augusta. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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