Family: Malvaceae
Synonym: Malvinda cordifolia (L.) Medik.
Vernacular name: Anakurunthoti, Kattooram, Kurunthotti, Vellooram, Velluppan
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Common along roadsides, sandy sea coasts and wastelands
Distribution: Pantropical
Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year
Key identification features: Erect, branched subshrubs with green stems densely covered in minute stellate and spreading simple hairs. Leaves are ovate with serrate margins. Flowers are yellow, solitary or aggregated terminally in congested corymbiform inflorescences. Fruit is a schizocarp
Uses: The plant is used in curing asthma by applying paste
made with whole plant, pepper and garlic over the body
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