Family: Malvaceae
Synonym: Malva rhombifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Vernacular name: Anakurunthotti, Kurunthotti, Vankurunthotti
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Sandy localities, waste ground and fallow fields
Distribution: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Flowering and Fruiting: September-December
Key identification features: These subshrubs have brown branchlets covered in stellate pubescence. The leaves are rhomboid. Flowers are either solitary or clustered, yellow, with obovate petals. Fruit is a schizocarp.
Uses: Used to relieve swelling, to relieve headache, used as an emollient, and the root is used to treat rheumatism.
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