The species Abutilon badium S. A. Husain & Baquar has since long been widely confused for Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet. The present paper highlights the characters that clearly differentiate between the two species, including the micro-morphological and scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies of the seeds and pollen grains of both the species performed in the present work; such information was not present at the time when Abutilon badium was first recognized. This species was originally described as endemic to Pakistan, but it appears to be quite wide-spread. Hybridization may possibly be occurring between the two species.
