Malvaceae
Devil's-cotton
Abroma augustum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Abroma
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- أبرومة أغسطس, ابروما اغسطا
- arz
- ابرومه اغسطس
- Bangla
- উলটকম্বল
- Chinese
- 昂天莲, 昂天蓮, 柳叶藓
- English
- Devil's-cotton
- Indonesian
- Kapas hantu
- Malay
- Kapas hantu
- Malayalam
- ശിവപ്പരുത്തി
- Marathi
- ओलकतंबोल
- Odia
- ଓଲଟ କମଳ, ଓଲଟ କମ୍ବଲ, ଓଲଟ କମ୍ବଳ
- Sundanese
- Ki cacangkir
- Thai
- เทียนดำหลวง
- Vietnamese
- Tai mèo
Synonyms
- Abroma alatum Blanco
- Abroma angulatum Lam.
- Abroma angulosum Poir.
- Abroma commune Blanco
- Abroma denticulatum Miq.
- Abroma elongatum Lam.
- Abroma fastuosum R.Br.
- Abroma javanicum Miq.
- Abroma molle DC.
- Abroma obliquum C.Presl
- Abroma sinuosum G.Nicholson
- Abroma wheleri Retz.
- Ambroma augustum (L.) L.f.
- Theobroma augustum L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aditya Khawas, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ansil B.R., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr.Subhransu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Basu Dev Neupane, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David E Mead, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Noel Dionson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Noel Dionson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.