• Family : MALVACEAE
  (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Basionym : Sida ramosa Cav.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Pers.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Disturbed forest
• Comments / notes : Occasional on loose soils in shaded localities
• Flower, Fruit : April-September
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district, Kozhikode district
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district
  • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
• World Distribution : Paleotropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gamble, 1915. Fl. Pres. Madra. Vol. 1. pp.91; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abutilon ramosum. Downloaded on 18 May 2024.

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