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CLASSIFICATION

ORDER	: Malvales
FAMILY	: Malvaceae
GENUS	: Abutilon Mill.
SPECIES	: grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet
BOTANICAL NAME	: Abutilon grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet
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COMMON NAME	: Hairy Indian mallow.
TAMIL NAME	: vattathuthi
HINDI NAME	: Bankhanghi.

PLANT DESCRIPTION

HABIT :  Shrubs, 1 - 3 m high, densely covered with long spreading patent simple hairs.

LEAVES :  Leaves 3 - 15 x 2 - 12 cm, ovate or lanceolate, somewhat orbicular, rarely 3-angled, cordate at base, acuminate to obtuse at apex, ,coarsely serrate; petioles 2 - 10 cm long; stipules 8 - 14 mm long, linear-lanceolate.

FLOWERS :  Flowers axillary, 1 - 3 on a common peduncle; pedicels equal to or longer than petioles. Calyx lobes 1 - 2.5 x 1.5 cm, ovate, connate at base. Petals yellow, 1 - 1.5 cm long, obovate. Staminal column shorter than petals, stellate hairy.

SEED :  Schizocarps 1 - 1.5 cm across, ovoid; mericarps 10,5 - 7 mm across, shortly beaked.Seeds 2 - 3 in each mericarp, ca 2 mm across.

MEDICINAL USES

Decoctions of the leafy or fruiting stems are applied as an enema for the treatment of measles

The leaves and stems are used internally and externally for the treatment of insect bites

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