natural herbs
Trailing Abutilon
Abutilon megapotamicum
Herb: Trailing Abutilon
Latin name: Abutilon megapotamicum
Synonyms: Abutilon vexillarium
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
Edible parts of Trailing Abutilon:
Flowers - cooked. Used as a vegetable. A pleasant sweet flavour, we like to eat them raw. The flowers produce nectar all the time they are open so, assuming the plant is grown indoors and is not visited by pollinating insects, the sweetness increases the longer the flower is open.Description of the plant:
Plant:
EvergreenShrub
Height:
2 m(6 1/2 foot)
Flowering:
April toSeptember
Habitat of the herb:
Widely cultivated in the Tropics and not known in a truly wild situation.Propagation of Trailing Abutilon:
Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. Germination should take place within a few weeks. Once the seedlings are large enough to handle, prick them out into individual pots. Grow them on for at least the first winter in a greenhouse and plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of young shoots, June in a frame. Grow on in the greenhouse for their first winter and plant out in spring after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame. Grow on in the greenhouse for their first winter and plant out in spring after the last expected frosts.Cultivation of the herb:
Widely cultivated in the Tropics and not known in a truly wild situation.Medicinal use of Trailing Abutilon:
None knownKnown hazards of Abutilon megapotamicum:
None knownPlant information taken from the Plants For A Future.