• 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 schimperiana Hochst. ex A. Rich.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Scrub jungles, plains towards the coast
• Key identification features : Rigid subshrub
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Nellore district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district
• World Distribution : India, Africa, Abyssinia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; 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.
• 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 schimperiana. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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