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On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Abutilon theophrasti* Medic, Malv. 28. 1787 > Syn: *Abutilon avicennae* Gaertn > > Common names: Velvetleaf, China Jute, Buttonweed, Butterprint, > Pie-marker or Indian Mallow > > > Annual herb up to 2 m tall, velutinous; leaves broadly ovate to orbicular, > deeply cordate at base, crenulate-denticulate, up to 20 cm, on often up to > 20 cm long petiole, velutinous-stellate hairy on both surfaces; flowers > yellow, in few flowered racemes; calyx 1 cm, parted up to middle, lobes > ovate-lanceolate; petals about 1.2 cm long; ovary villous; fruit 15-20 mm > broad, mericarps 13-30, velvety, with horizontal 3-4 mm long awns. > > Yields stron coarse fibre known as Chinese or American jute, used for ropes > and rugs. > > > Photographed from Botanical Garden below Cheshmashahi in Kashmir on August > 6, 2011* > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
