Abutilon sp. for Id: 1 image.
Please help me to identify this Abutilon spp.
Is it Abutilon hirtum…???
Location: Babulgaon, Kangti, Sangareddy district, Telangana
Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet ??
Details are not clear.
Pl. send high res. image to see the details.
Otherwise check with the following keys:
| 10a. Stems, petioles and pedicels with dense long patent simple hairs, few minute stellate hairs and short viscid glandular hairs; corolla orange yellow with a purple centre | 3. Abutilon hirtum |
| b. Stems, petioles and pedicels densely stellate-pubescent with few simple hairs; corolla with or without purple centre | 11 |
| 11a. Corolla yellow to pale yellow without purple centre, calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate; mericarps dorsally and ventrally stellate-hairy; leaves ovate-cordate | 12 |
| b. Corolla yellow with deep brown center; calyx lobes deltoid to ovate; mericarps hairy on dorsal margin; leaves orbicular to rotund-cordate | 7. Abutilon pannosum |
| 12a. Staminal column 2 – 3 mm long; schizocarps ca 1 cm across; mericarps ca 10 x 5 mm, gradually acuminate | 1. Abutilon bidentatum |
| b. Staminal column 5 – 7 mm long; schizocarps 1.5 – 2.5 cm across; mericarps 10 – 15 x 7 – 10 mm, acute to acuminate, obtuse or rounded | 4. Abutilon indicum |