Abutilon persicum - Bettabende

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.

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

Properties

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

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.

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}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

Photo Gallery

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  Whole plant

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  Buds

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  At road side

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  Flower