... me too believing it to be *A. indicum*.(syn. *Sida indica*) commonly known as: Chinese bell-flowers, common evening mallow, country mallow, flowering maples, Indian abutilon • Bengali: পোটারী potari • Gujarati: કાંસકી kaansaki • Hindi: अतिबल atibal, कंघी kanghi • Kannada: ತುಥ್ಥಿ ಗಿಡ tuththi gida • Konkani: पेटारी petari • Malayalam: വെള്ളൂരം velluram • Marathi: कंगा kanga, कासली kasali, मुद्रा mudra, पेटारी petari • Oriya: biley phulo • Punjabi: ਪਤਾਕਾ pataka • Sanskrit: अतिबल atibala, कङ्कटिका kankatikaa, ऋष्यप्रोक्ता rishyaproktaa • Tamil: பெருந்துத்தி peru-n-tutti • Telugu: నూగుబెండ nugubenda, తుతిరిబెండ tuteribenda
my observation: 1) the common name *petari* in Marathi (पेटारी) of this herbaceous shrub is shared by another medium-sized tree, the false white teak -- *Mallotus nudiflorus* (syn. *Trewia nudiflora*) ... not sure of the reason. 2) the leaves of this mallow plant has a some kind of similarity to that of the false white teak's sapling -- at least with regards to shape, the margin to some extent, the velvety-pubescent texture. Regards. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:31 PM, shubhada nikharge < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > i have posted the pics of fruits and a plant of Abutilon indicum. pl > confirm the id. > The pics were taken in Malcom Baug, Jogeshwari, Mumbai in the last week of > March 2010. > Common name : country mallow > Local Marathi name : पेटारी > family :Malvaceae > > Cheers, > Shubhada > > > "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can > do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." > > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
