Sida cordata - Heart Leaf Fan Petals

❏ Binomial Name : Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borss.Waalk.

❏ Synonym : Melochia cordata, Sida multicaulis, Sida pilosa

❏ Family : Malvaceae

❏ Common Name : Heart Leaf Fan Petals

❏ Tamil Name : Nila thuthi, Koraippaci, Kurunthotti, Palampaci, Palampasi

❏ Hindi Name : Bhuinii

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Sida cordata Botanical Description

Slender trailing herbs, sparsely pubescent or glabrous, often slightly viscid. Stipules linear. Leaves ovate, acute-acuminate, dentate, 7-9- nerved from base. Flowers solitary, axillary, in few-flowered racemes, Pedicels longer than petiole, jointed above middle Calyx lobes triangular-subulate with spreading setaceous hairs Cocci 2-toothed and hairy at apex, Corolla 8-10 mm across, yellow; petals to 6 x 5 mm, obovate, apex rounded or slightly emarginate. Staminal column 2 mm long; anthers numerous, yellow. Ovary 2 mm across, subglobose; styles 5; stigmas 5, globose, yellowish. Schizocarp to 2.5 mm long; mericarps 5, to 3 x 2 mm, trigonous with rounded angles, apex shortly 2-beaked, completely enclosed in accrescent calyx. Seeds 2 mm long, reniform, brownish-black. Fl. & Fr.: January-April

Sida cordata Medicinal uses

❀ The juice of the leaves is used to treat cuts and wounds

❀ A paste of the root is applied as a poultice to remove pus from boils and wounds

❀ The juice of the plant is applied to boils and pimples

❀ The bark is a source of fibre that is used to make cords and ropes.

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