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Sida rhombifolia

Scientific name: Sida rhombifolia L.
Synonym: Malva rhombifolia (L.) Krause
Botanical family: MALVACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Haiti:

  • balé

Dominica:

  • balè onz euw
  • balier savanne

Guatemala:

  • escobillo

Belize:

  • maluba

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Erect bushy herb, 30-90 cm high with wiry branches. Stems stellate-puberulent, the hairs less than 1 mm long.  Leaves alternate, simple, 2-8 x 4 cm, lanceolate to rhombic-oblong, acute at the apex, narrowed or cordate at the base, margins serrate-dentate, blades discolorous, puberulent above and below; flowers pedicillate, solitary in axils, disperse along the stem, corolla, 7-10 mm yellow-orange, becoming pinkish; fruit with 9-14 glabrous carpels, 3-4 mm long including spine and 4-5 mm in diameter.

Voucher(s)

Girón,259,CFEH

Arvigo,92120,JBSD

Robineau,41411,JBSD


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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