Abutilon procerum Fryxell
Description
Shrubs to 4 m tall, the stems densely and softly tomentose, the hairs up to 0.5 mm long. Leaf blades mostly 16-20 cm long, broadly ovate, deeply cordate, crenate to subentire, acuminate, discolorous, softly tomentose; petioles almost as long as the blades; stipules ca. 7 mm long, subulate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or in small axillary racemes; calyx 1 cm long, softly tomentose and with a few simple hairs (1-2 mm long) at base, more than half-divided, the lobes cordate-ovate, acuminate, the bases overlapping slightly to make the bud 5-angled; corolla rotate, without a dark center, the petals ca. 12 mm long, yellow, copiously hirsute on claw; staminal column ca. 3 mm long, essentially glabrous, the filaments ca. 2 mm long, the anthers yellow, 50 or more. Fruits ca. 1.5 cm long and wide, subglobose becoming oblate, hirsute, blackish at maturity; mericarps ca. 12, 3-seeded, oblong, the apex expanded and acute; seeds 3 mm long, minutely pubescent. Chromosome number unknown. A
Altitude
600 - 700 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC