Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Sida cordifolia L.

 

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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