• Family : MALVACEAE
  (HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Sida rhombifolia
• Subspecies : rhombifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida rhombifolia L.
• Vernacular name : Swet-Barela, Lalbarela, Bhiunli (Hin.); Bannegarugu gida, Mahabala (Kan.); Sirtamutti, Chithamutti (Tam.); Gubatada, Athibala-chettu, Muttava pulagamu (Tel.); Bajramuli, Dholabadiamla, Nalo-badiamla, Sahabeda (Ori.); Aatibala (San.)
• Key identification features : A much-branched erect, perennial herb which is minutely hairy. Leaves are variable, ovate-elliptic or rhomboid, coarsely-toothed. Flowers are about 2 cm, one or more in cymose clusters, yellow, axillary and solitary. Calyx is campanulate and lobes are acuminate. Corolla is yellow to pale-orange in colour, oblique. Mericarps about 6-12.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Comments : On hills up to 1000 m, by wayside, wastelands and fallow fields.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Tropical & Sub-Tropical regions of the Old and New World
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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