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Bettabende, Abutilon persicum

Abutilon persicum is a shrub with large rounded heart shaped leaves growing upto 2 m tall with beautiful yellow flowers borne at the top. It can be found growing in roadside clearings and open areas in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of the Western ghats and other parts of India and south-east Asia excluding the cold regions.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Bettabende gida
Hindi
Malayalam	Tutti
Tamil	Veli-t-tutti
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Atibala
English	Persian Mallow

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Alternate	Leaves pubescent, lower leaves ovate-cordate, to 15 cm long; upper ovate to lanceolate, crenate-dentate, velutinous below and glabrescent above, basally 5-9 nerved.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
bisexual	3.5 - 4.5 cm across	Yellow	Many	Petals yellow, obovate. FLowering starts post monsoon, November to April

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Mericarp		Mericarps 5	Puberulous		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

Photo Gallery

Plant

References

↑ "Vernacular names"
↑ [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]

External Links

[Common_names-1] "Vernacular names"

[Leaf-2] [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]

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-'''Abutilon persicum''' is a shrub with large rounded heart shaped leaves growing upto 2 m tall with beautiful yellow flowers borne at the top. It can be found growing on roadside clearings and open areas in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of the [[Western ghats]] and other parts of India and south-east Asia excluding the cold regions.
+'''Abutilon persicum''' is a shrub with large rounded heart shaped leaves growing upto 2 m tall with beautiful yellow flowers borne at the top. It can be found growing in roadside clearings and open areas in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of the [[Western ghats]] and other parts of India and south-east Asia excluding the cold regions.
 ==Uses==