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

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