Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Abutilon Miller [307]

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genus_en: Flowering maple, Indian wallow, Parlour maple

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Malvaceae

family_ja: アオイ

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distribution_en: Tropical, warm

description_en: Genus of about 150 species of evergreen and deciduous shrubs, small trees, perennials, and annuals from tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, and North and South America. The leaves vary from simple to palmately 3- to 7-lobed. Abutilons are: cultivated for their showy, mostly bell-, cup-, or bowl-shaped axillary flowers, some with highly coloured calyces and stamens. The flowers are usually solitary and pendent, occasionally borne in racemes or panicles, and often produced continuously from spring to autumn. Some abutilons also have attractive variegated foliage. In frost-prone areas, grow tender and half-hardy abutilons in a conservatory or cool or temperate greenhouse, or as houseplants; half-hardy species are also suitable for bedding in a sunny, sheltered border; train frost-hardy species of arching habit against a warm wall. In frost-free areas, grow abutilons in a shrub border.

hardiness_en: Frost hardy to frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 15-18°C (59-64°F) in spring. Root softwood cuttings in spring, or greenwood cuttings in summer.

pests_en: Whiteflies, red spider mites, mealybugs, and scale insects may be a problem, particularly under glass.

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comment_ja: イチビ，ウキツリボク

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20 by hkokubun@mac.com

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