Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Sida rhombifolia L.

 

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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