• Family : MALVACEAE
  (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Basionym : Sida pannosa G.Forst.
• Synonym(s) : Abutilon glaucum (Cav.) Sweet
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Abutilon pannosum (G.Forst.) Schlect.
• Common name : Ragged Mallow
• Vernacular name : Rodga (Hindi); Karandi, Kasili (Marathi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub jungle
• Comments / notes : Frequent in black clay soil
• Flower, Fruit : October-June
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/01/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-269
• Collection Locality : Mabbuchintalapalle, Kadapa District (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Raichur district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tropical Africa, Egypt
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abutilon pannosum. Downloaded on 6 May 2024.

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