Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abutilon theophrasti Medik. [Malvaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abuliton	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
abutili semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
abutilon theophrasti whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
abutilon-hemp	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
american jute	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butterprint	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
bái má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese jute or hemp	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chingma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chingma abutilon	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chingma abutilon seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
cing ma zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
indian mallow	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian-mallow	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
itibi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
jaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kǒng má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
manchurian jute	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qing ma zi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
qingmazi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
qīng má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
semen abutili	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
tóng má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tóng má gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
velvet leaf	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
velvetleaf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yě zhù má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
孔麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苘麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
苘麻子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
苘麻根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茼麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茼麻根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野苎麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abutilon avicennae Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 251 (1791), nom. superfl.
Abutilon abutilon (L.) Huth Helios 11: 132 (1893), not validly publ.
Abutilon avicennae var. aureum Berliand Kanatnik: 19 (1931).
Abutilon avicennae var. chinense Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 220 (1928).
Abutilon avicennae var. cordatum Berliand Kanatnik: 19 (1931).
Abutilon avicennae var. genuina Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 30 (1861), not validly publ.
Abutilon avicennae f. genuina Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 220 (1930), not validly publ.
Abutilon avicennae f. nigrum Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 220 (1928).
Abutilon avicennae f. parviflorum Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 30 (1861).
Abutilon avicennae var. rotundifolium Berliand Kanatnik: 19 (1931).
Abutilon avicennae f. tiliifolium (Willd.) Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 30 (1861).
Abutilon avicennae var. violaceum Berliand Kanatnik: 19 (1931).
Abutilon behrianum F.Muell. Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 1: 13 (1855).
Abutilon commune Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1213 (1841).
Abutilon pubescens Moench Methodus: 620 (1794), nom. superfl.
Abutilon theophrasti var. chinense (Skvortsov) S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 32 (1955).
Abutilon theophrasti var. nigrum (Skvortsov) S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 32 (1955).
Abutilon tiliifolium (Willd.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 53 (1826).
Malva abutilon (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 237 (1902).
Sida abutilifolia Moench ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 773 (1821), not validly publ.
Sida abutilon L. Sp. Pl.: 685 (1753).
Sida tenax Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 382 (1796).
Sida tiliifolia Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 722 (1809).
Side abutila St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 135 (1880), orth. var.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abutilon avicennae	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Abutilon avicennae Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abutilon avicennae Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Abutilon theophrasti	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Abutilon theophrasti Medic.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abutilon theophrasti Medik.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Abutilon theophrastii Medic.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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