Abutilon indicum
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Title
Abutilon indicum
Subject
Taxonomy
Phylum :Tracheophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order :Malvales
Family :Malvaceae
Genus :Abutilon
Species :Abutilon indicum
Phylum :Tracheophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order :Malvales
Family :Malvaceae
Genus :Abutilon
Species :Abutilon indicum
Synonyms
Abutilon albidum (Willd.) Sweet, Abutilon album Hill [Invalid], Abutilon arborescens Medik., Abutilon asiaticum (L.) Sweet, Abutilon cavaleriei H.Lév., Abutilon croizatianum Moscoso, Abutilon cunninghamii Benth., Abutilon cysticarpum Hance ex Walp., Abutilon elongatum Moench [Illegitimate], Abutilon frutescens Medik., Abutilon grandiflorum G.Don, Abutilon hirsutissimum Moench [Illegitimate], Abutilon leiospermum Griseb., Abutilon malvifolium (Benth.) J.M.Black, Abutilon populifolium (Lam.) Sweet, Abutilon pubescens (Cav.) Urb. [Illegitimate], Abutilon subpapyraceum Hochr., Abutilon vesicarium (Cav.) Sweet, Beloere cistiflora Shuttlew. ex A.Gray, Sida albida Willd., Sida asiatica L., Sida indica L., Sida populifolia Lam., Sida vesicaria Cav.
Common name
Bunga Kisar, Kambang Lobo, Kambong Lubok, Kembang Lohor, Kembang Lubok, Kisar, Malbar, Pokok Kembang Lohor, Country Mallow, Indian Abutilon, Indian Mallow, Moon Flower, Sunflower, Monkey Bush
Description
Characteristics
A shrub that can grow up to 2 m high.
Morphology
Leaves
Stalked measuring 2.5-10 cm long with 2-7.5 cm wide, ovate or orbiculate to cordate, irregularly crenate or dentate, acuminated, minutely hoary tomentose on both surfaces.
Flowers
Orange-yellow in colour, solitary, axillary. The fruiting carpels 15-20 in number, flat-topped, forming a head, measuring 2-2.5 cm across, black and hairy.
Fruits
Hispid, scarcely longer than the calyx and the awns are erect.
Seeds
Three to five in number, kidney-shaped, dark brown or black in colour and tubercled or with minutely stellate hairs.
Chemical compound
A. indicum contain gallic acid, asparagine, fructose, galactose, glucose, beta-sitosterone, vanillic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, fumaric acid, p-β-D-glycosyloxybenzoic acid, leucine, histidine, threonine, serine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid and galacturonic acid, alantolactone, isoalantolactone, threonine, glutamine, serine, proline, glycine, alanine, cycteine, methionine, isoleucine, valine, leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, histidine, lysine, and arginine.
Plant part used
Roots, seeds and leaves
Roots, seeds and leaves
Traditional uses
- The roots are considered diuretic and its decoction is given for all types of dysurias.
The demulcent property of extracts of A. indicum is made used of in the treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders. - The extract together with clrified butter treats diarrhoea and billiousness.
- The high fibre content of the leaves and the mucilagenous property is taken advantage of in the treatment of haemorrhoids.
- A decoction of the leaves is a good mouthwash for toothaches and gum ailments.
- Finely powdered seeds are given as a laxative.
- The powdered herb was used for meno-metrorrhagia. The leaves are used to treat various skin diseases including wounds and ulcers while the seeds are used for leprosy.
Medicinal uses
- Both the aqueous and alcoholic extracts of the leaves of A. indicum were found to have significant hypoglycaemic effects in normal rats 4 hours after administration.
- Alcoholic (methanol) leaf extract’s hypoglycaemic activity and found that the extract was able to suppress the postprandial hyperglycaemia by inhibiting a-glucosidase and sucrase activities in the intestine.
- Aqueous extract of A. indicum showed significant hepatoprotective activity when it was found to be able to reduce biochemical parameter changes as a result of exposure of experimental rats to CCl4 and Paracetamol.
- Aqueous and ethanol extracts of the leaves of A. indicum were assessed for the immunomodulatory activity using various animal models. The results showed that there were significant increases in the production of circulating antibody titre in response to sheep red blood cells, increase in both primary and secondary haemagglutination antibody, a significant potentiation of delayed type hypersensitivity reaction.
List of country
India, China, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Seychelles, Mauritius
India, China, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Seychelles, Mauritius
Creator
Abutilon indicum (Sweet,1826)
Source
Publisher
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Contributor
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Abutilon indicum (Sweet,1826), “Abutilon indicum,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/12.