• Family : MALVACEAE
  (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Basionym : Sida retusa L.
• Synonym(s) : Sida rhombifolia var. retusa (L.) Masters
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia
• Vernacular name : Janglimedhi (Hindi); Atibata, Kallam gadale (Kannada); Bala (Sanskrit); Athibala, Bala, Jangli methi (Marathi)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : In open deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/01/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-375
• Collection Locality : Batrepalle forest, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra pp.126. vol.1.
• 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 rhombifolia subsp. retusa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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