Monkey bush (Abutilon guineense)

Monkey bush (Abutilon guineense) is a species of plant in the Malvaceae, shrub, erect, cylindrical stem, erect, sturdy, branched, green or reddish in color, grows in forests, agricultural land and roadsides.

A. guineense has large, heart-shaped leaves, pointed tip, radial veins, toothed margin or can be flat, bright green above, pale underside.

The leaves have long stalks, grow at different points or alternate along the stem and are green or reddish in color.

The flowers are fan-shaped, yellow and have long stalks. The fruit is a pod-like capsule.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Abutilon Mill. First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
Species: Abutilon guineense (Schumach.) Baker f. & Exell First published in J. Bot. 74(Suppl.): 22 (1936)
Variety: Abutilon guineense var. forrestii (S.Y.Hu) Y.Tang, Abutilon guineense var. guineense

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Abutilon indicum var. guineense (Schumach.) K.M.Feng in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 28 (1982)
Abutilon indicum subsp. guineense (Schumach.) Borss.Waalk. in Blumea 14: 175 (1966)
Sida guineensis Schumach. in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 307 (1827)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1987). Flore des Mascareignes 51-62: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Thailand 14(2): 185-358. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1961). Flora Zambesiaca 1(2): 337-581. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170.

Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

VERNACULAR NAME

Hindi: झांपी - कंघी - कंघानी - टेपरी Jhampi, Kanghi, Kanghani, Tepari
Indonesia: Kipasan
Java: Kipasan
Kannada: Baralu kaddi, Giduthingi, Hetthukisu, Hetthutthi
Sanskrit: Balika, Bhuribala

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