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| name = ''Abutilon longicuspe''
|genus=Abutilon
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|species=longicuspe
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|habit=shrub
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|Min ht box=150
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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|Max ht box=500
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|origin=East Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Sudan
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|lifespan=perennial
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|features=bees
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|flowers=purple
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|image_caption=Abutilon longicuspe flower
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Abutilon longicuspe. White-canescent much- branched shrub, with long-acuminate broad-cordate and blunt-toothed long-stalked lvs., felt-like below: fls. bluish purple, veiny, wide open, on mostly many-branched axillary peduncles. Abyssinia.—Intro, by S. Calif. Acclimatizing Assoc., from seed collected by Schweinfurth and distributed from Berlin in 1893.{{SCH}}
Abutilon longicuspe. White-canescent much- branched shrub, with long-acuminate broad-cordate and blunt-toothed long-stalked lvs., felt-like below: fls. bluish purple, veiny, wide open, on mostly many-branched axillary peduncles. Abyssinia.{{SCH}}
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===Propagation===
===Propagation===
In East Africa various species of Abutilon are grown from cuttings or by layering (Jex-Blake 1957). The plant is also grown from seed.
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
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==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Edible wild plants of Tanzania]], by C.K. Ruffo, A. Birnie,& B. Tengnas RELMA, Nairobi, 2002 ISBN 9966896627
*[[The Mountain Flowers of Southern Tanzania]], by P.J. Cribb & G.P. Leedal, A.A.Balkema/Rotterdam, 1982 ISBN 9061912180
*[[Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas]], by H.J. Beentje, National Museums of Kenya, 1994 ISBN 9966986103
*[[Honeybee Flora of Ethiopia]], by R. Fichtl, & A. Adi, Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst, Berlin, 1994 ISBN 3823612344
*[[The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa]], by H.M. Burkill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. 2nd Edition, 1997 ISBN 190034713X
*[[Wild Flowers of East Africa]], by M. Blundell, Collins 1994 ISBN 0002198126
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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