• Family : STERCULIACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Waltheria indica
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Waltheria indica L.
• Common name : Boater Bush
• Vernacular name : Ottatti gidda (Kan.)
• Collection Nos : KFP 55, KFP 5768, CS 19097
• Key identification features : A branching subshrub. Leaves are simple, alternate, stipulate with characteristic crenate-serrate margin. Flowers (about 1 cm. across) are in axillary or terminal fascicles, and bisexual. Petals are yellow and spathulate. Fruit is a capsule.
• Habit : Herb
• Native : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Udupi
• Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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