Abutilon Muticum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics''Abutilon''.
Flora of China. of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. General common names include Indian mallow''Abutilon''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). and velvetleaf; ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century New Latin word that came from the Arabic ' (), the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus. The type species is ''Abutilon theophrasti''. Several species formerly placed in ''Abutilon' ...
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Abutilon Theophrasti
''Abutilon theophrasti'' (velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed, Chinese jute, China jute, crown weed, buttonweed, lantern mallow, butterprint, pie-marker, or Indian mallow) is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia. It's specific epithet ''theophrasti'' commemorates the ancient Greek botanist-philosopher Theophrastus. ''Abutilon theophrasti'' is the type species of the genus ''Abutilon''. Description Velvetleaf grows 3–8 feet tall on branched stout stems. Their stems are covered in downy hairs. It annually grows in the warmer seasons. It germinates in the spring, and flowers in the summer. This typically takes place between the months of July to September in certain locations. The leaves are large and heart-shaped with point tips at their ends. They grow at different points along the length of the stem or are alternated along the stem. The leaves are attached to thick, long stems, and when crushed, they release an odor. It has flowers that are yellow; ...
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