Abutilon pictum (Cultivated)

Painted Mallow, Indian mallow, Flowering maple, Parlor maple • Manipuri: পুতুল Putul


Evergreen shrub reaching 4 m with slender glabrous branches, 3-7 lobed maple-like leaves, 7-15 cm long and broad, upper often unlobed (variegated in this cultivar); flowers solitary on axilaary up to 15 cm long peduncles, nodding; calyx deeply cleft, pubescent; petals 2-5 cm long, yellow or orangish with often darker veins; staminal column slightly longer than petals.   


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TSPDEC2015-30-203: Images of Abutilon pictum (Malvaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)

It is my pleasure to share few images of Abutilon pictum (Malvaceae)

Ref: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Painted%20Mallow.html  

Habit: Shrub 

Habitat: Cultivated 

Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1000 msl 

Date: 07-05-2014 and 21-06-2014



Kindly help to id this Malvaceae shrub found at Ooty town, Nilgiris.
Date/Time- 06-12-2011 / 04:15 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GP ca.2100asl; Ooty, TN
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- roadsides
Plant Habit-woody stem; shrub
Height/Length- 2 m long
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- ca.15 x 10 cm; lobed
Inflorescence Type/ Size- single
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- orange; c. 5 cm across 

Abutilon pictum (Gillies ex Hooker) Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 324. 1842. cultivar: ‘Thompsonii’

syn: Sida picta Gillies ex Hooker; Abutilon striatum Dickson ex Lindley 
Common names: Painted Indian Mallow, Chinense cultivar
This cultivar with variegated leaves is known as ‘Thompsonii’
Evergreen shrub reaching 4 m with slender glabrous branches, 3-7 lobed maple-like leaves, 7-15 cm long and broad, upper often unlobed (variegated in this cultivar); flowers solitary on axilaary up to 15 cm long peduncles, nodding; calyx deeply cleft, pubescent; petals 2-5 cm long, yellow or orangish with often darker veins; staminal column slightly longer than petals.  
Photographed from Kausani in April, grown in a private house.