Abutilon persicum(Burm.f.) Merr.

WFO wfo-0000512188 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Abutilon persicum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2020-03-10 / obs. 65206436
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141933009
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 149113895
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 151616808
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 151641592
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 133623150
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175898922
Abutilon persicum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130184229

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Abutilon persicum is native: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya AssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalThailandWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Abutilon persicum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Abutilon oxyphyllum C.Presl
  • Abutilon polyandrum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
  • Abutilon sundaicum (Blume) G.Don
  • Abutilon timoriense (DC.) G.Don
  • Sida australis Hort.Berol. ex C.Presl
  • Sida heterotricha Zipp. ex Span.
  • Sida macrophylla Wall.
  • Sida persica Burm.f.
  • Sida polyandra Roxb.
  • Sida sundaica Blume
  • Sida timoriensis DC.
  • Sida wallichii Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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