- Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
- Species : Sida cordata
- Basionym : Melochia cordata Burm.f.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borss.Waalk.
- Common name : Heart-leaved Sida
- Vernacular name : Bananiyar, Bhiundi, Bonaniyar (Hin.); Bekkinatale gida (Kan.); Gayapotaku (Tel.); Bajramuli, Veshkapri, Kapri, Bisiripi (Ori.); Nagabala, Bhoomibala (San.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-304; HJCB-E-215
- Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 02/01/16; 13/12/2014
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Habitat : Deciduous forest
- Key identification features : A much-branched herb. Leaves are simple, ovate-cordate, serrate with stellate hairs. Flowers are about a cm across with yellow petals. Ovary is 5-carpellate, sparsely hairy at the apex, beakshort, 2-dentate. Mericarps are 5-seeded, glabrous and grey in colour.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
- Comments : Common in disturbed forests, along wayside and in forest clearings. Flowers open by 9 a.m.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Sida cordata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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