Abutilon ramosum(Cav.) Guill. & Perr.

WFO wfo-0000512236 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. a Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-04-03 / obs. 15447962
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. b Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15447954
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. c Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15447950
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. d Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15447966
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. e Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15447952
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. f Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15447959
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. g Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15447945
Abutilon ramosum, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. h rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 121136719

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Abutilon ramosum is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, West Himalaya AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMalawiMaliMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemenEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarPakistanWest Himalaya Cape Verde
Native distribution of Abutilon ramosum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Cape Verde CVI
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

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 9 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 elaeocarpoides Webb
  • Abutilon harmsianum Ulbr.
  • Abutilon ramosum var. chevalieri Hochr. ex Ulbr.
  • Abutilon ramosum var. pfundii Ulbr.
  • Abutilon ramosum var. sparmannioides (Guill. & Perr.) Hochr.
  • Abutilon sidoides Dalzell & Gibson
  • Abutilon sparmannioides Guill. & Perr.
  • Sida ramosa Cav.
  • Sida sparmannioides (Guill. & Perr.) 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.