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Abutilon theophrasti, also known as velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed and the Chinese jute [1] is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae that is native to southern Asia and it serves as a type species of the genus Abutilon. [2] Its specific epithet, theophrasti, commemorates the ancient Greek botanist-philosopher Theophrastus. [3]
Kuba textiles are a type of raffia cloth unique to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, and noted for their elaboration and complexity of design and surface decoration. Most textiles are a variation on rectangular or square pieces of woven palm leaf fiber enhanced by geometric designs executed in linear embroidery and other ...
Velvetleaf (or "velvet leaf", etc.) is a common name used for plants with soft-haired leaves: Abutilon theophrasti native to southern Asia; Cissampelos pareira, native to tropical America; Malva arborea, native to Europe; Limnocharis flava, native to tropical America and introduced to southeast Asia
Abutilon / ə ˈ b juː t ɪ l ɒ n / [3] is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. [4] It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics [5] of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. [6]
Velvet plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Gynura aurantiaca, native to southeast Asia; Verbascum This page was last edited on 12 May ...
Velours du Kasaï (Kasaï velvet) is a kind of textile fabric made in Kasai, a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaïre). Traditionally, the weaving is done by men of the Shoowa from the Kuba ethnic group, while the embroidery is reserved to women. Ideally, the embroiderers should be pregnant.
Sida rhombifolia, commonly known as arrowleaf sida, [1] is a perennial or sometimes annual plant in the Family Malvaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.Other common names include rhombus-leaved sida, Paddy's lucerne, jelly leaf, and also somewhat confusingly as Cuban jute, [2] Queensland-hemp, [3] and Indian hemp (although S. rhombifolia is not closely related to either jute ...
Gynura aurantiaca, called purple passion or velvet plant, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to Southeast Asia but grown in many other places as a house plant. In warm regions, it is frequently grown outdoors on patios and in gardens rather than inside buildings, and hence it has escaped into the wild ...