- 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 IPNI) : Sida cordifolia L.
- Common name : Country Mallow, Bala
- Vernacular name :
- Kungyi, Bariyara, Khareti (Hindi)
- Chikana (Kannada)
- Nilatutti (Tamil)
- Chiru benda, Tellantisa, Tella gora, Suvarnamu (Telugu)
- Bajramuli, Bisvokopari, Bisripi (Oria)
- Bala (Sanskrit)
- Bala (Marathi)
- Anakurunthoti, Kattooram, Kurunthotti, Vellooram, Velluppan (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Waste places, along roadsides and deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Common on hill slopes, plains from coast to 1000m, locally abundant, especially in dug up ground, by arable land or fallow fields and in disturbed areas
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 01/02/2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-305
- Collection Locality : Batrepalle forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nanded district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- 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
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sida cordifolia. Downloaded on 7 November 2024.
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