EPPO Global Database

Abutilon indicum(ABUIN)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-10

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ABUIN
  • Preferred name: Abutilon indicum
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Sweet

Notes

Mediterranean (southwest), Western Asia (Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Celebes, Philippines), China (including Taiwan). Cultivated as an ornamental and medicinal plant. Introduced in Caribbean, South America (Peru, northern Brazil)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Abutilon grandiflorum G. Don

Common names
Name Language
country mallow English
Indian abutilon English
Indian lantern flower English (AU)
Indian mallow English
monkey bush English
twelve-o'clock flower English
indische Samtpappel German
indische Schönmalve German
abutilon indien French
fausse guimauve satinée French
herbe de douze heures French
mauve indienne French
botón de oro Spanish (CO)
malva amarilla Spanish (MX)
fiore di dodici ore Italian
abutilão-indiano Portuguese
gargantilheiro Portuguese
malva-da-Índia Portuguese
abbutilon haddi Hebrew
אַבּוּטִילוֹן הָדִּי Hebrew
mò pán cǎo Chinese
磨盘草 Chinese
kakahi Hindi
kanghi Hindi