• 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 ovata Forssk.
• Common name : Oval-Leaf Fan-Petals
• Vernacular name : Bal, Dabi (Hindi)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Roadsides and wastelands
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Aurangabad district, Beed district, Mumbai Suburban district, Buldhana district, Dhule district, Jalna district, Pune district
• Native : Arabia & Tropical Africa
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Iran, Arabia, Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra 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 ovata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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