Abutilon angulatum angulatum
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Habit
28 Apr 2018
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Flower
28 Apr 2018
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Angled stem
28 Apr 2018
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Flowers and leaves
28 Apr 2018
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Full name: | Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Reuse abutilon |
| English common name(s): | Elephant's ear, Fluted abutilon |
| Synonym(s): | Abutilon eetveldeanum De Wild. & T.Durand fide Fl. Congo Belge 10: 155 (1963). Abutilon intermedium Hochst. ex Garcke |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Robust, erect perennial, 1-3 m. Stems glaucous, velvety, distinctly angled. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, dark grey-green above, much paler greyish, below, finely velvety, 7-9-veined from the base; margins serrate. Lower leaves much larger than upper leaves. Flowers in apparent fascicles on short lateral and subterminal shoots, yellow to apricot-orange, opening in the afternoon. Calyx lobes short, less than 6 mm. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Indumentum glaucous. Flower-buds not angular. Calyx-lobes usually less than 6 mm. long, triangular, not or inconspicuously veined. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
