Abutilon pannosum (Forst. fil.) Schltdl.

Nile region, oases, eastern desert, Res Sea coastal strip, Gebel Elba and Sinai.

Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Sudan, Nigeria, Senegal.

Desert wadis, edges of cultivation, waste ground.

Perennial.

In Pakistan, it is confined to Sindh.

Erect, 1.5-3 m tall perennial herb to shrub, stellate pubescent, velvety. Leaves 4-13 cm across, broadly ovate, subentire to irregularly serrate or serrulate, obtuse to acuminate at apex, cordate at base, 7-9 nerved, velvety and stellate pubescent on both sides, more so beneath; petiole 2-15 cm long; stipules lanceolate, falcate, 4-7 mm long, c. 2 mm broad, reflexed, caducous. Flowers axillary, basically solitary, appearing in racemes or panicles in terminal branches by the reduction of leaves; pedicel 1-3.5 cm long, uniformly hairy, articulate from below the middle to near the apex. Calyx 8-10 mm long, in fruit up to 12 mm, fused to or below the middle, pubescent on both sides, stellate without and fasciculate within; lobes 4-8 mm long, ovate, lanceolate to broadly ovate or deltoid, acuminate. Corolla 3-4.5 cm across, yellow; petals 1.5-2 cm long, 1.3-1.7 cm broad, obovate, oblique, slightly notched, claw hairy on the margin. Staminal tube ± 5 mm long, stellate pubescent. Fruit globose, 10-15 mm across, villose, ridges and furrows conspicuous, visible, mericarps (20-) 24-28 (-31), 7-9 mm long, 4-5 mm broad, reniform, obtuse, laterally smooth, and glabrous, hairy on the dorsal margin, separating after dehiscent. Seeds 3 in each mericarp, 2-2.5 mm long, c. 2 mm broad, usually reniform.

Distribution: Tropical Africa, Pakistan and India.

Abutilon pannosum is a subshrub species of the family Malvaceae. It is a perennial shrub that grows up to 10 feet tall.