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Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Abutilon in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Hort. Brit. 1: 54 (1826).

Country mallow, moon-flower (En). Fausse guimauve (Fr). Indonesia: belangan sumpa (Palembang), cemplok (Javanese), kecil (Moluccas). Malaysia: bunga kisar, kembang lohor (Peninsular). Philippines: malbas, tabing (Tagalog), dalupang (Bisaya). Thailand: phong phaang (eastern), khrop fan see (central), ma kong khaao (northern). Cambodia: dok toc lai. Laos: houk phao ton. Vienam: c[oos]i xay, d[awf]ng xay.

Abutilon indicum occurs in tropical and warm temperate countries throughout the world. Some varieties are restricted to the Old World.

Abutilon indicum leaves are widely used as a demulcent and a diuretic. The decoction of the leaves, flowers or seeds is also used to treat fever, colic, and for cleaning wounds and ulcers.

A very variable undershrub, usually up to 1 m tall; stems, petioles and pedicels densely covered with downy stellate hairs, no glandular hairs; corolla yellow to pale orange, without purple centre; seed glabrous, or covered with tiny scales or minute stellate hairs. Abutilon indicum is very common ruderally around villages and roadsides, along the beach and in secondary bushes, at low altitudes.

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Balu Perumal

Perumal, B., 2001. Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet. In: van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. and Bunyapraphatsara, N. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea