Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Ayurvedic Udyan, Aranya Van
About Sida ovata Plant :
Habit : An erect, small, annual, shrub or undershrub, densely hairy or stellately hairy all over.
Leaves : Oblong, ovate, obtuse, sometimes obovate, crenate, densely hairy on both sides, petiolate.
Inflorescence : Solitary or few together.
Flowers :
Pedicellate, pedicels 1-2 together, jointed near the calyx, hairy, calyx lobes very broad in fruit. Corolla white or very pale yellow.
Carpels 7-8, minutely mucronate or without mucro, brown, prominently veined, stellate-hairy. Seeds reniform, dark-brown, smooth or very minutely pitted.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : October - December
Significance : The seeds mixed with gur are used as a cure for lumbago.
