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Sida
rhombifolia L.,
Synonym
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Diadesma rhombifolia
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Family
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Malvaceae
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Local name
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English -Broomjute sida
Malayalam –Kurunthotti
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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September-December
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Wastelands, also in degraded forest areas
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Uses
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The pounded leaves are used to relieve swelling, the fruits are used to
relieve headache, the
mucilage is used as an emollient, and the root is used to treat rheumatism
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Key botanical
characters :
Subshrubs;
branchlets brown, stellate pubescent. Leaves rhomboid, apex acute, base
obtuse or cuneate, margins serrate above the upper half, lower side
tomentose; stipule to 1 cm, linear. Flowers axillary, solitary or in
clusters, yellow; pedicels to 6 mm, tomentose; calyx broadly campanulate,
lobes triangular, tomentose outside; petals obovate. Schizocarp enclosed in
calyx, semiorbicular,; mericarps 8-10, awned at apex.  |
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