Abutilon grandiflorum G. Don

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Abutilon grandiflorum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of lake, Hot Springs Resort

Abutilon grandiflorum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of lake, Hot Springs Resort

Abutilon grandiflorum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of lake, Hot Springs Resort

Abutilon grandiflorum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of lake, Hot Springs Resort

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Synonyms: Abutilon indicum sensu Mast.
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Status: Native
Description:
Annual or biennial small herbaceous shrub, 0.75-1.5 m tall. Stems grey-green to olive, velvety, branched fro the base. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate-cordate, green, slightly paler below; margins coarsely serrate. Flowers in axillary on the main branches on long pedicels, 3-5.5 cm in diameter, yellow. Calyx lobes triangular to ovate lanceolate with a long pointed apex. Fruit depressed-spherical, 13 × 20 mm., stellate hairy.
Notes: Flowers often remain closed on overcast days, opening very quickly when the sun comes out.
Derivation of specific name: grandiflora: large flowered
Habitat: On sandy or gravelly soils in dry areas of scrub, along river banks, pans and road sides.
Altitude range: Up to 1200 m
Flowering time:Dec - May
Worldwide distribution: Angola, São Tomé, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal SOuth Africa. Also in Madagascar.
Malawi distribution: S
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Insects associated with this species: Gomalia elma elma (Food plant)
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Content last updated: Friday 13 October 2017
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2.

Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 495 - 497. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 60.

Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27.

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Flora of Mozambique: Abutilon grandiflorum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Abutilon grandiflorum
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Abutilon grandiflorum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138860, retrieved 28 March 2024

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