Abutilon indicum: A Review

Authors

  • Gyanendra kumar gupta Professor and Head, Department of Kriya Sharir, SRS Ayurvedic Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • gagan devi Assistant Professor, Department of Rachna Sharir, SRS Ayurvedic Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Atibala, Abutilon indicum, Malvaceae, hairy herb, shrub

Abstract

Atibala i.e. Abutilon indicum (Linn.) belongs to the family Malvaceae, a hairy herb or under-shrub 1.0–1.5 m high, annual or more often perennial with golden yellow flowers, flowering mostly throughout the year found abundantly throughout the hotter parts of India, as a common weed on road sides and other waste places in plains and hills, up to an elevation of 600 m.

Author Biographies

  • Gyanendra kumar gupta, Professor and Head, Department of Kriya Sharir, SRS Ayurvedic Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
    physiology
  • gagan devi, Assistant Professor, Department of Rachna Sharir, SRS Ayurvedic Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
    anatomy

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Published

2021-09-20

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Review Articles