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Species: Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum Date: 0000-00-00 Location: Nyanyadzi, Save Valley Habitat:
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Todos los Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Mao, Ilima pua kea or Hoary abutilon Malvaceae (Mallow family)Indigenous(?) to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Hawaii Island) Native to the Sonara Desert (s.w. Arizona, Baja, and Sinaloa in n. Mexico), Colorado, New Mexico, Texas (Edwards Plateau to w. Texas), and in Hawaii.Photographed in Kalaeloa, OahuHawaiian NamesIlima pua kea is literally translated "the ilima with white flowers" and Kooloa kea is "the white kooloa." Both names refer to similar other native family members: ilima (Sida fallax) and kooloa ula (Abutilon menziesii), respectively.Mao is also the name used for the native cotton (Gossypium tomentosum), but also means "green."Early Hawaiians dried flowers and root bark were pounded together with other plants, and liquid was heated and used for stomachaches. Also, a green (maomao) dye was made from the leaves of mao.EtymologyThe generic name Abutilon is derived from the Arabic awbtln (ab ln), for malvaceous (mallow-like) plants.The specific epithet incanum is from the Latin incanus, hoary-white or grey- or white-haired, in reference to the whitish fuzz that cover these plants.NPH00003
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Kooloa ulaMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredKamoku, LnaiWe could find only one spent flower on all the bushes.A. menziessi is known from 10 subpopulations on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lnai and Oahu, with a total population size of 450-500 individuals.Early Hawaiians used the flowers in lei making. The juice of the red blossoms was used as a laxative.
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Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico
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This variable shrub of tropical Africa has several uses in folk medicine, the bark is a source of a dye and the leaves are used as toilet paper. Here it is a weed near Dodoma, Tanzania.
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La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Hidden-petaled abutilon, Kooloa lihilihi hunaMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Lnai only)IUCN: Critically Endangered Oahu (Cultivated)Ripe seed capsule (fruit)EtymologyThe generic name Abutilon is derived from the Arabic awbtln (ab ln), for malvaceous (mallow-like) plants.The specific epithet eremitopetalum literally means "hidden petaled."
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Lawn Hill, Queensland, Australia
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Lonavala, Maharashtra, India
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Mature schizocarp fruits.
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King Canyon, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA
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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Species: Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum Date: 2007-03-29 Location: Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park. Habitat: Deciduous woodland.
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Sonoran Desert Museum Garden, Tucson, Arizona, October 2010
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Kooloa ulaMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Pictured is a rare blond or butter colored form of kooloa ula.* Abutilon menziesii is known from 10 sub-populations on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lnai and Oahu, with a total population size of 450-500 individuals.Early Hawaiians used the flowers in lei making. The juice of the red blossoms was used as a laxative.EtymologyThe generic name Abutilon is derived from the Arabic awbtln (ab ln), for malvaceous (mallow-like) plants.The species epithet menziesii refers to Archibald Menzies (1754-1842) a Scottish surgeon and naturalist, and the first to taxonomically identify the species._____* Kooloa ula. Although the Hawaiian name ula refers to the more commonly seen red (ula) color, kooloa ula flowers are known in a range of colors: pink, pink and white, pale red, maroon, deep purplish-red (wine), salmon, and blond or butter.
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Naturalized widely from a native range on the southern rim of tropical South America. Known mainly as the Hairy Indian Mallow, and here in northeastern Argentina as Abutilo.
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Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Hidden-petaled abutilon, Kooloa lihilihi hunaMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Lnai only)IUCN: Critically Endangered Oahu (Cultivated)EtymologyThe generic name Abutilon is derived from the Arabic awbtln (ab ln), for malvaceous (mallow-like) plants.The specific epithet eremitopetalum literally means "hidden petaled."
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Lonavala, Maharashtra, India