Abutilon indicum

Seedlings in site where adult shrub had been removed ; garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted shrub in garden (with canna lilies); near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 21/01/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Flower on planted shrub, in garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 21/01/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ripe capsules on planted shrub, garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 15/01/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

Indian abutilon, Indian mallow

Family

Malvaceae

Authority

Abutilon indicum (Link) Sweet

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Conservation status

Not applicable

Brief description

An erect, many-branched shrub to about 2 m tall. Leaves with stipules, simple, serrate, broadly ovate, with acuminate tips; velvety on both sides. Corolla yellow.

Distribution

Occasionally grown in NZ gardens; first seedlings seen near planted shrubs in 2017 near Whanganui

Habitat

Seedlings appear near planted specimens

Similar taxa

Some other Abutilon species

Flower colours

Yellow

Fruiting

A dry ridged capsule

Propagation technique

Seed

Year naturalised

2017

Origin

India and East Asia to Indonesia

Reason for introduction

Ornamental; perhaps for fibre and medicinal uses.

Etymology

abutilon: From the Arabic word for a mallow-like plant.

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