- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida acuta Burm.f.
- Common name : Horn bean leaved sida
- Vernacular name : Bariyara, Kureta, Kareta, Karenta (Hindi); Bheemana kaddi, Dodda bindige gida, Bala (Kannada); Pzhampasi, Malaitangi, Ariva-mooku keerai (Tamil); Bisabuddi, Neela benda, Chitti muti, Vishaboddi, Polikampa (Telugu); Bajarmuli, Ipirpunga, Ancharna, Siobala, Sunakadika (Oria); Bala, Jangli-mathi (Marathi); Anakurunthotti (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional in forests and weed of dry places, roadsides. Plains, from the coast to 1000m.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bellary district, Kolar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
- Native : Pantropical
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sida acuta. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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