Sida acuta

• Botanical Name : Sida acuta Burm. f.
• Synonyms : Sida carpinifolia L. f.
• Common Name : Bala Jangli Methi, Common Wireweed, Morning Mallow, Common Fanpetals
• Plant Family : Malvaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 20, 22, 27
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Sida acuta Plant :

• Habit : An erect small, much branched, hairy undershrub.
• Leaves : Glabrous or nearly so on both sides, lanceolate, base rounded, serrate.
• Inflorescence : Axillary
• Flowers :
  • Flowers yellow in colour, close by noon.
  • Calyx short, corolla nearly twice as long as calyx.
  • Stamens monadelphous.
  • Carpels 5-9, toothed on dorsal margin, awns 2 about 1/3 length of carpels.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - December
• Significance :
  • Common as a weed of waste land.
  • The root is astringent, useful in disorders of the blood and bile.
  • The root and seeds are useful as tonic in nervous and urinary diseases.