Malvaceae
Monkeybush
Abutilon indicum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Abutilon
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Common names
By language (19)
- ace
- Jeuleupa
- Arabic
- أبو طيلون هندي, أبا طيلون هندي, أبي طيلون هندي
- arz
- ابو طيلون هندى
- Bangla
- দেশি পেটারি, পোটারী
- Chinese
- 冬葵子, 磨盘草, 磨子树, 磨盘根, 磨盘草子, 磨谷子, 磨龙子
- English
- Monkeybush, Indian mallow/country mallow
- French
- Mauve indienne
- Indonesian
- Kembang sore
- Japanese
- タカサゴイチビ
- Kannada
- ಕುರುವೆಗಿಡ
- Malay
- Kembang lohor
- Malayalam
- ഊരം, ഊർപ്പം
- Marathi
- पेटारी
- nan
- Bō-á-tún
- Odia
- ପେଡ଼ିପେଡ଼ିକା, ଅତିବଳା, ପେଡିପେଡିକା
- Tamil
- துத்திக்கீரை, வட்டத்துத்தி
- Telugu
- దువ్వెన బెండ
- Thai
- ครอบฟันสี
- Vietnamese
- Cây cối xay, Cối xay
Synonyms
- Abutilon cysticarpum Hance
- Abutilon elongatum Moench
- Abutilon indicum var. indicum
- Abutilon indicum var. populifolium (Lam.) Wight & Arn.
- Abutilon pubescens (Cav.) Urb.
- Beloere cistiflora Shuttlew.
- Sida indica L.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to June (from 145 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnnLazaro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hopeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bella Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.