Hebrew:אבוטלון תאופרססטוסת, Arabic: أبو طيلون ابن سينا
| Scientific name: | Abutilon theophrasti Medicus | |
| Synonym name: | Abutilon avicennae Gaertn. | |
| Common name: | Velvetleaf, Velvet Leaf Butterprint, butter-print, butter-weed,cotton-weed | |
| Hebrew name: | אבוטלון תאופרססטוס | |
| Arabic name: | أبو طيلون ابن سينا , 'abu tilun abn sina | |
| Family: | Malvaceae, Mallow Family, משפחה חלמיתיים |
Illustration in B. Besler, 1613, Hortus Eystettensis, classis æstiva, Ordo 6, Fol. 10, fig. I. |
| Life form: | Annual | |
| Spinescence: | Absent | |
| Succulence: | Non-succulent | |
| Stems: | Stems and twigs hairy | |
| Leaves: | Simple, alternate, ovate-orbicular, cordate, palmately-veined, velvety | |
| Inflorescence: | Solitary in leaf axils or on short axillary branches | |
| Flowers: | Nodding flowers yellow-orange | |
| Fruits / pods: | Schizzocarp; mericarps arranged in a single whorl; seeds c. 2 mm long, papillose. | |
| Flowering Period: | May, June, July, August, September | |
| Habitat: | Cultivated areas | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and shrublands, semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Tropical | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
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Derivation of the botanical name: Abutilon from the Arabic name for a plant ’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون). theophrasti, commemorates the ancient Greek botanist-philosopher Theophrastus (c.371 – c.287 BCE) avicennae after Avicenna (Abu Ali Al-Husayn Ibn 'Abd Allah Ibn Sina) (980-1037), a Persian scientist and philosopher. The Hebrew name אבוטילון, abutilon transliteration from the scientific name, from Arabic. The Arabic name’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون), the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.
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