Sida acuta Burm. f. - common wireweed
Sida acuta Burm. f. - common wireweed
Sida acuta Burm. f. - common wireweed
Sida acuta Burm. f. - common wireweed
MS011 : Sida acuta Burm. f.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 37 |
| Synonym | : | Sida acuta var. intermedia S.Y. Hu.;
Sida arrudiana Monteiro.;
Sida artensis Montrouz. ex Guillaumin & Beauvis.;
Sida balbisiana DC.;
Sida berlandieri Turcz.;
Sida berteriana Spreng.;
Sida betulina Lag. ex Spreng.;
Sida brachypetala DC.;
Sida bradei Ulbr.;
Sida brasila Schrank ex Link;
Sida capensis Cav.;
Sida carpinifolia L.f.;
Sida carpinifolia Mast. var. acuta (Burm. f.) Kurz;
Sida carpinifolia sensu Mast., 1874, non L. f., 1785;
Sida commixta Gand.;
Sida disticha Sessι & Moc.;
Sida foliosa Splitg. ex de Vriese;
Sida frutescens Cav.;
Sida garckeana Polak.;
Sida glabra Nutt.;
Sida jamaicensis Vell.;
Sida lancea Gand.;
Sida lanceolata Retz.;
Sida martinicensis Gand.;
Sida obtusa A.Rich.;
Sida ovata G. Don.;
Sida planicaulis DC.;
Sida prostrata G. Don.;
Sida repanda Roth.;
Sida rugosa Thunn.;
Sida schrankii DC.;
Sida scoparia Lour.;
Sida spiraeifolia Willd.;
Sida stauntoniana DC.;
Sida trivialis Macfad.;
Sida vogelii Hook.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chikna, Common Wireweed, Morning mallow, Common Fanpetals Hindi: Baraira Sanskrit: Bala Marathi: Chikana Tamil: Palambasi Telugu: Muttavapulagamu Oriya: Sunakhodika Malayalam: Malatanni Shiruparuva Nepali: Balu Jhaar, Kuro, Saano Chilya |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Erect subshrubs to 70 cm tall; branches distichous. Leaves 3-6 x 1-2 cm, lanceolate to ovate, base truncate, margins serrate, entire towards base, apex acute or acuminate, sparsely hirsute to glabrate on both surfaces, 3-nerved at base; petiole to 4 mm long; stipules 5-8 x 1-1.5 mm, unequal, one lanceolate, the other linear. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels to 5 mm long. Calyx 6-8 mm long, campanulate, ciliate on margins, divided to the middle. Petals creamy-yellow, 6-8 mm long, obliquely obovate. Staminal column c. 2 mm long; filaments to 1.5 mm long; anthers pale yellow. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, ovoid; styles 6-8; stigma globose, yellow. Schizocarp to 5 mm long; mericarps 6-8, c. 3 x 2 mm, trigonous, reticulate, apically 2-awned. Seeds c. 2 mm long, trigonous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Amongst grasses of forest undergrowth |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | A decoction of the whole plant is used as a treatment for fevers. The juice of the plant is used to treat indigestion. The plant is ground and mixed with soft grease and sugar to make a poultice that is applied to soften abscesses and release pus. The leaves are diuretic. An infusion is used to treat dysentery. The juice of the leaves is mixed with vinegar to make an anti-inflammatory and digestive remedy. A decoction of the leaves is used to bathe wounds. The leaves are applied to the head as a poultice to remedy headache. A poultice made from the boiled leaves is applied to ulcers and other sores. The root is febrifuge. The juice of the root is used to treat fevers. The root is chewed to relieve a toothache. The roots contain asparagine. The leaf contains mucilage and saponins. The plant contains the alkaloid cryptolepine, which shows hypotensive and anti-microbial action. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Cryptolepine; Scopoletin; quindolinone; cryptolepinone; Stigmasterol; Campesterol; Beta-Sitosterol; evofolin A; evofolin B; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Beta-sitosterol; Cryptolepine; Stigmasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/sida_acuta.htm
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Wireweed.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sida+acuta
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231114
- http://www.labiogene.org/IMG/pdf/karou_sida_2007.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ 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 : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 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 acuta Burm. f. - common wireweed |