Abutilon indicum

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Abutilon indicum

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Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Abutilon

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Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated


Uses summary


Description

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Cultivars

History

Uses

Old World tropics. The raw flowers are eaten in Arabia[1]. The leaves contain a large quantity of mucilage.

  1. ↑ Forskal Fl. Aeg. Arab. XCIII. 1775. (Hibiscus esculentus)
Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.


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