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Sida cordata
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Sida cordata (Burm. f.) Borss., Blumea 14: 182. 1966; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 43. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 68. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 83. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 81. 1994; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 266. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 38. 1997; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 32. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 90. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 32. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 29. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 87. 2005; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 389. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 128. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 154. 2009.
Melochia cordata Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 143. 1768.
Sida veronicaefolia Lam., Encycl. 1: 5. 1783; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 89(64). 1915.
Sida humilis Cav. var. veronicaefolia (Lam.) Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 322. 1874.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vallikurunthotti, Palkurunthotti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Prostrate herbs; branches slender, trailing; stem, petioles and pedicels pubescent with minute stellate hairs intermingled with simple hairs. Leaves simple, alternate, 2-5.5 x 1.5-4.5 cm, broadly ovate or orbicular, apex acute to acuminate, base cordate, margins serrate-crenate; basally 5-7-nerved, stellate-tomentose on both sides; petioles to 3 cm long; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels to 2 cm long, filiform, articulated above the middle. Calyx c. 5 mm long, campanulate, divided to the middle, stellate-tomentose without; lobes 5, triangular. Petals to 6 x 5 mm, obovate, apex rounded or slightly emarginate. Staminal column c. 2 mm long; anthers numerous, yellow. Ovary c. 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 c. 2 mm long, reniform, brownish-black.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
All types of habitats from sandy sea coasts to deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Thekkady, Thellikkal, Adoor, Olavakkot, Kovalam, Vandanam, Pooyamkutty, Mampad, Nellikuth, Thenmalai, Vandalodu
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