Herissantia crispa - Curly abutilon

❏ Binomial Name : Herissantia crispa (L.) Brizicky

❏ Synonym : Abutilon crispum,Sida crispa, Napaea crispa

❏ Family : Malvaceae

❏ Common Name : Curly abutilon

❏ Tamil Name : Siruthuthi

❏ Hindi Name : 

❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated

Herissantia crispa Botanical Description

Herbs with zig-zag branches, covered with short stellate and spreading simple hairs. Stipules filiform Leaves orbicular-ovate, acuminate. Crenate-dentate, membranous, 8 X 8 cm. Flowers axillary, solitary, yellow; Pedicels slender, shorter than petiole, Calyx deeply 5-10 lobed, 0.7 cm long; lobes ovate-oblong. Petals nearly as long as sepals. Schizocarp globose, 1 cm across Mericarps 10-15, transluscent, inflated, rounded at apex.

Fl. & Fr.: July-February

Herissantia crispa Medicinal uses

The plant is used in the tretment of asthuma, piles, ulcers, cough and diabetics

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