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ครอบจักรวาล, มะก่องข้าว
Abutilon indicum
Sweet
MALVACEAE
4
Descriptions :
Herb
Perennial herbs: 1.5-2 m tall, hairy, strong fibrous cortex, stem green to brown,
Leaves
simple, palmately netted venation, stipulate, alternate, cordate, acuminate, serrate, , petiole 2-8 cm long, 5-12 x 4-7 cm.
Flower
: solitary, axillary, perfect, pedicel 3-7 cm long, perfect flower:
Sepals
5, synsepalous, green,
Petals
5, polypetalous, yellow, 10 x 10 mm,
Stamens
many, monadelphous, tubular, yellow. Ovary superior, style cylindrical, stigma 15-20, 15-20 carpels, axile placentation.
Fruit
a septicidal capsule, 15-20 locules diameter 15-20 mm. Seeds many, kidney shaped 3 x 2 mm.