Sida spinosa L.

 
  • Family : MALVACEAE
    (HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
  • Species : Sida spinosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida spinosa L.
  • Vernacular name : Bariyara, Gulkasari (Hin.); Kaadumenthya (Kan.); Naagbala, Tera nella benda, Mayalu manickyam (Tel.); Bajramuli, Nindilat (Ori.); Mahabala (San.)
  • Key identification features : An erect woody much branched herb with simple, ovate-lanceolate alternate leaves having a pair of spines at their base. Flowers are solitary (2 cm across), yellow with red tinge, axillary, soiltary, 2-5 in clusters. Calyx campanulate, corolla yellow. Schizocarps enclosed within the calyx.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : March-December
  • Comments : Occasional on hills up to 900 m in Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Amagondapalem R.F. (Ananthapur district), Nellore Hills (Nellore district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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 spinosa. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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