Malvaceae FAMILY
Abutilon oxycarpum
Abutilon oxycarpum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Abutilon oxycarpum is a shrub growing about 1.5 - 2 metres tall. The plant is sometimes cultivated, especially in Brazil, for its fibre[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAustralia - all mainland states. S. America.
HabitatRed sand, limestone. Stony hill slopes, flats, floodplains[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants ]. Grows on rocky hill slopes, often on creek banks and sometimes in rainforest[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. Margins of both dry and subtropical rainforest, and in post-clearing regrowth[ 440 Title Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network, Publication Author Website http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on plants in the Queensland Rainforests. ].