- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Synonym(s) : Diadesma rhombifolia (L.) Raf.; Malva rhombifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Napaea rhombifolia (L.) Moench
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sida rhombifolia L.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : UnderShrub
- Habitat : Roadsides near water source
- Key identification features : UnderShrub up to 1 m high with large tap roots; Leaves ovate to oblong or thomboid; stipules nearly equal in each pair; Flowers in axillary clusters or solitary, yellow; Mericarps 6-12, each with 2 awns, dehiscent.
- Flower, Fruit : July- December
- Distribution :
- Arunachal Pradesh : West Kameng district, East Kameng district, Siang district, Subansiri district
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Island, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Literature :
- P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 246
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sida rhombifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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