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The following description is from Flora of China Editorial Committee (2015)

Related invasive species

  • Abutilon indicum

Related Farm Practice

  • Flora
Impact

A. indicum is a common weed, found in open, sunny and warm areas, from sea level to ca. 1600 m altitude. It is listed as an invasive mostly in Asia and Oceania (PIER, 2015;PROTA, 2015). It is not considered a threat at high elevations (PIER, 2015). The species is used widely in its native range as a traditional medicinal plant (Mohite et al, 2012;Vadnere Gautam et al., 2013), and was probably introduced for cultivation outside its native range for medicinal purposes. For some of the countries where it is reported as invasive, it is also listed as cultivated, making it probable that the species escaped from cultivation into suitable habitats, as it is listed as found in disturbed areas near dwellings and roadsides (PIER, 2015). No published details are available about the extent of invasiveness or the impacts of the species in the regions where it is reported as invasive.

Has Cabi datasheet ID
1979
Hosts


Leaf residue extracts of A. indicum have been evaluated for their effect on the germination and growth of the wheat cultivars, Sind-81, Sind-83 and Sarsabz, and chickpea cv. CM-72. The extracts did not inhibit germination, but stimulated the shoot length of all the cultivars. Root inhibition was found for all, except Sind-81 and chickpea (Alam and Azmi, 1990).

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