Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sida rhombifolia subsp. alnifolia (L.) Ugbor. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Sida rhombifolia L.
Infraspecies:: 9

Sida rhombifolia var. afrorhomboidea Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia var. afroscabrida Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia var. maderensis (Lowe) Lowe

Sida rhombifolia var. petherickii Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia var. riparia Burtt Davy

Sida rhombifolia var. scabrida (Wight & Arn.) Mast.

Sida rhombifolia var. serratifolia (R.Wilczek & Steyaert) Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia subsp. retusa (L.) Borss.Waalk.

Sida rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
heen babila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
脓见愁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sida alnifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 684 (1753).
Sida alnifolia var. microphylla (Cav.) S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 22 (1955).
Sida alnifolia var. obovata (Wall. ex Mast.) S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 22 (1955).
Sida alnifolia var. orbiculata S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 22 (1955).
Sida microphylla Cav. Diss. 1: 22 (1785).
Sida obovata Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1864 (1829), not validly publ.
Sida rhombifolia var. microphylla (Cav.) Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 324 (1874).
Sida rhombifolia var. obovata Wall. ex Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 324 (1874).
Sida rhombifolia var. parvifolia Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 362 (1945).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sida alnifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Sida alnifolia L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sida alnifolia L. var. alnifolia	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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