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Abutilon theophrasti

Authority Medicus Family Magnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Malvales:Malvaceae Synonyms Abutilon abutilon (L.) Rusby, Abutilon avicennae Gaertn. nom. illeg., Sida abutilon L. Common names butter print, butter-print, butterprint velvetleaf, buttonweed, China jute, Chinese lantern, Chinesische Jute, Chinesischer Hanf, chingma lantern, cotton weed, flower of an hour, Indian hemp, Indian mallow, Iuta cinese, jute de Chine, Lindenblättrige Schönmalve, malva blanca, malva de terciopelo, malva grande, pie maker, pie-marker, piemarker, swamp Chinese lantern, velvet leaf, velvet weed, velvetleaf, wild cotton, yute de la China Editor Ecocrop code 11067

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A herb. USES It is grown as a fiber crop. The soft fiber obtained from the stems is blended with other fibers or used alone to produce sacks, ropes, and fishnets. GROWING PERIOD Annual, growing 75-140 days. COMMON NAMES China jute, Canapina, Ching-ma, Paima, Zaslazu, Ichibi, Indian mallow, Butterprint, Velvet leaf, American jute, Kanatik jute, Kanatnik, Tientsin jute. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: A. avicennae. China jute is native of China. In Russia in can be grown north to 56°N. It can become a weed in row-crop culture. Average production of green plants is about 12 t/ha, yielding 1.8-2.4 t/ha of dry retted fiber.
Sources
SOURCES (Abutilon theopharasti Medic) Duke J 1979 pp 104 Roecklein J 1987 pp 118 [USE, DRA, TEXT, LIMIT] Dempsey J 1975 pp 397-413 [RAIN, TEMP, DRA, TEXT, FER, Rehm S 1991 pp 356 [USE] Kirby R 1963 pp 140-144 [USE, TEMP]