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Abutilon sonneratianum

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Malvales > Family: Malvaceae > Genus: Abutilon

Abutilon sonneratianum growing next to farm road near Mafikeng (Northwest, South Africa). [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Perennial shrub growing up to 2 m high. In southern Africa its distribution includes the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northwest, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

Ecological relationships

Herbivores

Gomalia elma (Green-marbled sandman)

Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae - skipper butterflies

Larvae eat the leaves.