Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

¢Ñ´Á͹ãºÁ¹ , Ë­éҢѴ Sida rhombifolia Linn. MALVACEAE 4

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Descriptions :
HerbPerennial herbs: 50-70 cm tall, strong fibrous cortex, Leaves: simple, pinnately netted venation, stipulate, alternate, ovate to rhomboidal, apex acute, crenate, serrate, petiole 1.2-1.8 cm long, 1.5- 2.5 x 0.8-1.8 cm. Flower solitary, axillary, pedicel 3-4 mm long, perfect Sepals 5, synsepalous, green, Petals 5, polypetalous, yellow, 6-10 x 2.8 mm, Stamens many, monadelphous, tubular, yellow. Ovary superior, styl cylindrical, stigma 5-6, 5 carpels, axile placentation. Fruit a septicidal capsule, 5-6 locules, diameter 4-7 mm. Seeds many, kidney shaped, 3.5 x 2.4 mm.