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23. Malvaceae
Shrubs
A. Flrs. large
B. Flrs. red opened and bell-shaped .... Hibiscus
H. rosa-sinensis L.
AA. Flrs. large small
C. Fruit with five to many lobes; flrs. commonly
yellow or orange
D. Each fruiting lobe with three or more seeds
Abutilon
A. indicum Sweet
A. butilon molle Sweet
A. molle Sweet - capsules ten-parted, to 6 ft.,
black
DD. Each fruit lobe with one seed
E. Leaves not felt covered, stems not red
Sida
Lvs. oblong or heart shaped, carpels 7-12
S. fallax Walp.
Lvs. ovate to rhombic, carpels 8-10
S. rhombifolia L.
Lvs. heart shaped, carpels 8-9 with spines
S. cordifolia L.
EE. Leaves hairy; stems red .... Malvastrum
Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garke
Trees
A. Erect
B. Lvs. less than 5 in. long; flrs. yellow to purple;
entire, heart shaped
........... Thasnesia
T. populnea (L.) Sol.
AA. Not commonly erect
BB. Lvs. rounded; flr. yellow to red .. Hibiscus
H. tiliaceus L.
24. Moraceae
A. Trees; lvs. less than 8.5 in. long, entire
B. Fruit borne at leaf axils, usually paired
C. Lvs. broad-ovate to oval, 4-8 in. long;
fruit 0.5-0.75 in in dia.; young lvs. downy,
aerial roots numerous; fruit red
Ficus benghalensis L.
Lvs. 4 to 8 in. by 2 to 5 in.
C. Lvs. small to medium, oval or ovate