Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Malvaceae
Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Pers.
English name: Indian mellow.
Local name:
Description:
A perennial herb or under shrub up to 1 m tall. Leaves soft, lamina heart shaped
oblong, greyish green with toothed margins attached with long stalk. Flowers dark
yellow. Fruit having 8 to 12 carpels.
Flowering Period:
In Spring and Summer.
Habitat:
Fairly common in lower Sindh in sandy soils.
Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Arabia and India and Pakistan.
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