Herbarium JCB

Sida cordifolia L.

Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Sida cordifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida cordifolia L.
Common name : Country Mallow
Vernacular name : Kungyi, Bariyara, Khareti (Hin.); Chikana (Kan.); Chiru benda, Tellantisa, Tella gora, Suvarnamu (Tel.); Bajramuli, Bisvokopari, Bisiripi (Ori.); Bala (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-305
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 02/01/16
Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A much-branched herb, softly hairy. Leaves are ovate with cordate base and toothed at margins. Flowers are small (1.5 cm across), axillary, with yellow petals. Fruits are rounded with fruitlets having 2 short spines. Mericarps are 8-10 seeded, black to brown in colour.
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : Common on hill slopes, locally abundant especially in dug up ground, by arable land or fallow fields and in disturbed areas of Eastern Ghats.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills, Chitteri Hills, Amirthi R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivagangai district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Talakona R.F, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Kadapa Hills (Kadapa district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 cordifolia. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.