Scientific Name
Sida rhombifolia L.
Synonyms
Diadesma rhombifolia (L.) Raf., Malva rhombifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Napaea rhombifolia (L.) Moench, Sida adjusta Marais, Sida alba Cav., Sida andicola Gand., Sida compressa Wall., Sida hondensis Kunth, Sida insularis Hatus., Sida pringlei Gand., Sida rhomboidea Roxb. ex Fleming [Spelling variant], Sida ruderata Macfad., Sida unicornis Marais. [1]
Vernacular Name
| Malaysia | Sendaguri, seleguri padang, bunga padang (Peninsular) [2]; karan (Borneo); akar leguni, pah liman, patiyang, pekan, peliman, sapu laman, sapu leman, seguri, selinguri, senanguri, sidaguri, senguri [3] |
| English | Queensland hemp, Cuba jute, arrowleaf sida [2], broomstick, broomweed, Canary Island tea plant, nigger broom, Paddy’s Lucerne, Pretoria, sida, sida hemp, spiny sida [3] |
| China | Bai bei huang hua ren, huang hua mu [3] |
| India | Aanekadeeru, anakkurontotti, arivalmookkupacchilai, athibalaa, athiballached, athoballacettu, atibala, bajramuli, bala, bala panchaang, balapanchang,bariara, baruli, berela, bhiunli, bolangadle beru, dodda, kallangadale, gubatada, inmeuti, kalbariela, kamraj, khangi, kharenti, kulbahebari, , mahabala, malatanni, mayir manikkam, pulagam, sahadevi, svetbarla, tenacham, tenke, vadha, vishmar [3] |
| Indonesia | Sadagori (Sundanese); sidaguri (Sumatra, Java); taghuri (Madurese) [2], bunga jerun, penaggeng [3] |
| Thailand | Khatmon (Central); yaa khat (Northern); yaa pat mae maai (Bangkok) [2][3] |
| Laos | Nha kat mone [2][3] |
| Philippines | Ualis-haba (Tagalog); basbasot (Iloko); baseng-baseng (Bisaya) [2][3] |
| Vietnam | K[es] hoa v[af]ng, k[es] d[oof]ng ti[eef]n, b[aj]ch d[ows]I [2][3] |
| Papua New Guinea | Sipuni (Kurereda, Northern Province); sihuhu (Hegata, Oro Province); irimo irimo (Papa, Central Province) [2][3] |
| Japan | Kin-goji-ka, chankan-i, shimi-kata-masa [3] |
| Angola | Nzunzu [3] |
| West Africa | Balanbalan, palanpalan [3] |
| Kenya | Anyango, nyaywora [3] |
| Madagascar | Kasindahorina, kinsindohora, kitsindaloro, sandahory, sandroky, sindahorona, tsindahary, tsindahoro [3] |
| Nepal | Syodal [3] |
Geographical Distributions
Sida rhombifolia is widely distributed in the tropics as a weed. This herb is common along roadsides, lawns, waste places, coconut plantations and scattered in grassy plains, from sea-level to 1200 m altitude. [2]
Botanical Description
S. rhombifolia is comes from the family Malvaceae. This is an erect or semi-procumbent, much-branched herb or shrub up to 30-150 cm tall, with tough and hairy stems. [2]
The leaves are rhomboid to oblong and broadest around the middle. The apex is narrowed to notch at the extremity, surfaces green, or grey underneath. The stalk is 2-4 cm long while stipules are equal. [2]
The flowers are solitary or in clusters of 2-5, individual flower stalk are 30-40 mm long, with 7-12 mm long oblique, yellow petals. [2]
The part of fruit are 8-12, flattened three-angled size 2.5 mm long, awns 0-2, 1-3 mm long, hairless or star-shaped hairy. Two subspecies are distinguished, subspecies rhombifolia, with an erect habit, rhomboid or lance-shaped leaves. The individual flower stalk is much longer than leaf stalk and petal is 15-17 mm in diametre. The second subspecies, retusa (L.) Borss. Waalk., is with a prostrate habit, reverse egg-shaped, often notched at the extremity leaves, individual flower stalk as long as leaf stalk and the petal is 20-25 mm in diametre. Because of the differences between the two subspecies some authors recognize them at species level. [2]
Cultivation
No documentation
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation
Line Drawing
References
- The Plant List. Ver 1.1.
- Perumal B. Sida rhombifolia L. In: van Valkenburg JLCH, Bunyapraphatsara N, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Leiden, Netherlands: Backhuys Publisher; 2001.
- Quattrocchi U. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Volume V R-Z. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press; 2012. p. 276-277.
