Devva Hatti / Devil's Cotton
Abroma augusta
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- December-August
How to identify Devva Hatti
Identify Devva Hatti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fibrous bark (devil's cotton).
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular (round).
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-August.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Abroma augusta
- Genus
- Abroma
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- North east India to Malesia and Micronesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Orbicular (round)recorded
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The leaves and stems are covered with soft bristly hairs that are very irritating to the touch.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Devva Hatti itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded“Abroma augustum has dark red flowers with a characteristic and unusual appearance.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Dark maroon flowers are formed in terminal panicles.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Devva Hatti itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ದೆವ್ವಹತ್ತಿ Devva hatti, ಭಂಗಿಮರ Bhangi mara, ಮೇಲ್ಪುಂಡಿಗಿಡ Melpundi gida
- Malayalam
- അബ്രോമ
About Devva Hatti
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Devil's cotton (Abroma augusta) is a shrub. It is grown as garden plant. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Devva Hatti belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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