Abutilon crispum

Abutilon crispum - Flower Close Up
Place : Thoadamuthur, Coimbatore
Date : 4.1.2015

Classification

Kingdom  : Plantae

Division   : Angiosperms

Class        : Eudicots

Order       : Malvales

Family     : Malvaceae

Genus      : Abutilon

Species    : crispum

   Abutilon crispum  Habit is  a scandent subshrub. It's grows upto 1.5m.

Flower is Solitary,pale yellow. Flowering from November to December.

Fruit A globular schizocarp, nodding, turgid, stellate pubescent; mericarps 10, rounded at base and apex, without mucro; seeds reniform. Fruiting throughout the year.Leaf Arrangement is Alternate distichous. Leaf Type Simple, Leaf Shape Ovate,Leaf Apex Acuminate,Leaf Base Cordate

Leaf Margin Crenate.

Uses

 In india the plant is used in the tretment of asthuma, piles, ulcers, cough and diabetics by tribal people of andhra pradesh.

Common Name

English - bladder Mallow

Tamil   - Siruthuthi

Abutilon crispum - Flower

Place : Thoadamuthur, Coimbatore

Date : 4.1.2015

Abutilon crispum - Leaves With fruts

Place : Thoadamuthur, Coimbatore

Date : 4.1.2015