Sida glutinosa Comm. ex Cav. - sticky fanpetals
Sida glutinosa Comm. ex Cav. - sticky fanpetals
MS012 : Sida glutinosa Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 40 |
| Synonym | : | Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.;
Sida hirta Wall.;
Sida urticifolia Wight & Arn.;
Sida urticifolia Wight & Arn., Prodr. 1834, non St. Hill., 1828;
Sida wightiana D. Dietr.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Mysore fan petals |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Erect subshrubs, aromatic; stem viscid, green, densely invested with stellate, gland-tipped and simple patent hairs. Leaves 3-5 x 2-3.5 cm, broadly ovate, base cordate, margins serrate-crenate, apex acute to acuminate, 5-7-nerved at base, pubescent with stellate and simple hairs intermingled with gland-hairs on both surfaces; petioles to 3 cm long; stipules c. 5 mm long, linear, pubescent. Flowers axillary, solitary or often in 5-7-flowered, lax racemes; pedicels to 5 mm long, filiform, jointed above middle. Calyx to 7 mm long, campanulate, divided to the middle; lobes 5, triangular, densely covered with both stellate and simple hairs externally. Corolla c. 8 mm across, orangish-yellow; petals c. 5 x 3 mm , obovate, emarginate or retuse at apex. Staminal column to 3 mm long; anthers 10-14, yellow. Ovary c. 2 mm across, subglobose; styles and stigmas 5, yellow. Schizocarp c. 3 mm long; mericarps 5, to 3 x 2 mm, trigonous. Seeds c. 2 mm long, reniform, brownish-black. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Arround villages on waste lands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: glutinoside; 24(28)-dehydromakisterone A (2); 1,2,3,9-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-b]-quinazolin-3-amine; docosanoic acid; 1-triacontanol; campesterol; stigmasterol; beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Stigmasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231140
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200013762
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21972814 |
| 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 glutinosa Comm. ex Cav. - sticky fanpetals |