Sida alba L.
MH019 : Sida alba L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 38 |
| Synonym | : | Sida alnifolia var. obovata sensu Hu; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Erect undershrub, stellate pubescent. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 1-2 cm long, 0.5-1 cm broad; stipule filiform, c. 5 mm long; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers usually solitary, sometimes paired, pedicel 5-6 mm, in fruit 1-2 cm long. Calyx 5 lobed, 4-6 mm long; lobes 2-3 mm long 1-2 mm broad, triangular, acute-acuminate. Corolla yellow, slightly longer than calyx. Fruit depressed globose, pubescent above; mericarps same as in Sida yunnanensis Hu. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Open grasslands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242436600 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dinda B, Das N, Dinda S, Dinda M and SilSharma I; "The genus Sida L. - A traditional medicine: Its ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological data for commercial exploitation in herbal drugs industry"; J Ethnopharmacol (2015); 176: 135-76 PMID : 26497766 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Malvaceae - Mallow family |
| Genus | : Sida L. - fanpetals |
| Species | : Sida alba L. |