Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schltdl.
Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schltdl.
Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schltdl.
Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schltdl.
Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schltdl.
MS008 : Abutilon pannosum (G. Forst.) Schltdl.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 31 |
| Synonym | : | Abutilon asiaticum Guill. & Perr.;
Abutilon benadirense Mattei.;
Abutilon glaucum (Cav.) G. Don.;
Abutilon glaucum (Cav.) Sweet.;
Abutilon lanatum Husain & Baquar.;
Abutilon malirianum Husain & Baquar.;
Abutilon muticum (DC.) Sweet.;
Abutilon tomentosum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.;
Sida asiatica Wall.;
Sida glauca Cav.;
Sida mutica Del. ex DC.;
Sida mutica Delile.;
Sida pannosa G. Forst.;
Sida polycarpa C. Sm.;
Sida tomentosa Roxb.;
Sida tomentosa Roxb.;
Sida villosa Wall.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kasli, Ragged Mallow • Marathi: Karandi • Gujarati: Makhmali kapat |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Erect undershrubs or shrubs, about 1-3 m tall. Stems and branches velvety tomentose with simple short stellate hairs. Leaves simple, alternate, orbicular, about 2-14 x 1.8-13.5 cm across, base cordate, margins irregularly dentate, apex acute to shallow acuminate, densely pubescent with simple stellate hairs both above and beneath, veins about 7-9, petiole, tomentose with simple stellate hairs, about 1-6 cm long, stipules linear, pubescent, caducous, about 3-6 mm long. Inflorescence usually axillary or terminal, solitary or racemes, by the reduction of the uppermost leaves. Flowers bisexual, pedicel slender, jointed in the upper half, stellate pubescent, about 1-4 cm long, epicalyx absent, calyx 5 lobed, campanulate or cup shaped, base connate, valvate, divided from middle, lobes ovate, apex acute, densely pubescent with simple and stellate hairs outside, simple long hairs inside, about 8-15 x 5-8 mm across, corolla large, 5, yellow, petals obovate, glabrous, about 1-2 x 0.8-1.5 cm across. Stamens usually shorter than petals, base wide, stellate hairy, about 5-8 mm long, anthers basifixed, usually clustered. Ovary superior, 5-20 locular, ovules 2-9 per carpel, style branched 5-40, filiform to clavate, stigma capitate. Fruit schizocarp, subglobular, about 1 cm across, depressed at apex, usually black when mature, with 20-25 mericarps, reniform, margins dense with stellate hairs, apex bidentate, dehiscent. Seed 2-3, reniform, about 1.5 mm across, smooth, glabrous or shortly pubescent. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Mostly in Fields on richer soils |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant contains mucilage. It is used to treat Diarrhea, dysentery and stomach troubles. The flowers were used to increase semen in men(Raamchandran, 2007). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Gallic acid; 2-heptanone; alpha-tocopherol; beta-tocopherol; Gamma-Tocopherol; trans-phytol; gamma-sitosterol; stigmast-5-en-3-ol; 1, 2-hexadecene epoxide; Pentadecanal; neophytadiene; Triacontanol; tetratriacont-21-ol-12-one ; beta-sitosterol; erythrodiol; Betulin; triacontan-1-ol; -amyrin; lupenone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Beta-sitosterol; Betulin; Erythrodiol; Beta-tocopherol; Alpha-tocopherol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250071404
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228571
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Abutilon+pannosum
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ragged%20Mallow.html
- http://www.biosciencediscovery.com/Vol3%20No3%20Nov%202012/7%20Arbat%2039_42.pdf
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316453402 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Malvaceae - Mallow family |
| Genus | : Abutilon Mill. - Indian mallow |
| Species | : Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schltdl. |