Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sida rhombifolia L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 10

Sida rhombifolia var. afrorhomboidea Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia var. afroscabrida Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia subsp. alnifolia (L.) Ugbor.

Sida rhombifolia var. maderensis (Lowe) Lowe

Sida rhombifolia var. petherickii Verdc.

Sida rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia

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.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aanekadeeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afata	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ahikhanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikurundotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anakkuruntotti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arival manai- puntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arrow-leaf sida	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arrowleaf sida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
athibala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athibalachedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athiballached	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athobalacettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atibala	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atibalā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
axocatzin	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
axpcatzín	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bai bei huang hua ren	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bala	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bala#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
baler	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balu jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
banne garuga gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baralu kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbarisco	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
barela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barera	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bariara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bariyar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bellu maravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bennegaragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhiunli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
binnegangagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biyunali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bolamgadale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bolangadale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihadagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broom jute	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
broomjue sida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
canary islands tea plant	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
channaino	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chikna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiknya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitra mutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittamutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chá-bravo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
common sida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
country mallow	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
cuban jute	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cuban-jute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dallo kuro	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
devaarha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devabala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devasaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda kallangadale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
escoba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
escoba amarilla	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
escoba dura	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
escoba lucia	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
escobilla	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
escobillo blanco	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
escobita ceniza	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
escubilla	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
faux thé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gandhavallari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garahati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gobetadegida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goobe thale gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goobetale gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goobethade gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guba tada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gubatada	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gubethadegida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
huang hua mu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
huinar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
huinare	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
huinari	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ikoluonda	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
iseketu pupa	Other	Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
jelly leaf	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jyeshthabala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kadle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadiru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangadale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangalle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kammavikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kammavikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkuruntotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kecavarttanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kembela	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
keni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keshawardhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keshruha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharenti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khat mon	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
kheriti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurunti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kisangihettuti-gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisangihettutti-gida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kotikan bebila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kubajute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kurundoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurundotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurunthotti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruntotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal barela	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalbarela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalbariala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalbarila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lathakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
limpi?n	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lumvumvu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
machhedham	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mahabala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahagalarthaprasadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahbala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mahābalā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
malva	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
malva de cochino	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
malva prieta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
malva-preta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mata-alfalfa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
mauilumanikyamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayilu-manikyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayilumanikyamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayir manikkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mesb?	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mriga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrigadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrigarasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutheera pulangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttavapulaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttavapulagamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paddy lucerne	Other	Med. Plants of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer, 2012)
paddy's lucerne	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paddy-lucerne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paddys lucerne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pedda mutheera pulagum	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pendro no	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pichana	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
pitabala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitabariyar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pitabedala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popotalagua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
prasadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulagamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pītapuṣpi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
queensland hemp	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
queensland-hemp	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
relógio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sadeda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadeva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sagádi abuídagülei	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
sahadaevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sahadebi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sahadeva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sahadevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sahdevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sano chilya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sarini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sida hemp	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sida-retusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sidaweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sidratusa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sinamani ghyan	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sirramutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siru thuthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sittamutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
smalmalva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
svetberela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet-barela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swetbarela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syodal	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tankarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teaweed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tebincha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tenacham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thadho balu	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
thukatee sahadaevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilbi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
totti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valamkarumthuthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valankuruntotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vankuruntotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varshapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varshpushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vassourinha	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vataghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatturam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatyayani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velaippacai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velluram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild mallow	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
wireweed	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
yanaikkuruntotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerba del potro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
Leaves		Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
leaf		Med. Plants of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer, 2012)
Leaves, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Root, Fruit (Seed), Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Dried entire plant, Leaf + stem, Leaf, Root, Seed		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Diadesma rhombifolia (L.) Raf. New Fl. 1: 41 (1836).
Malva rhombifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 6: 238 (1902).
Napaea rhombifolia (L.) Moench Methodus: 621 (1794).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sida rhombifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Sida rhombifolia L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Plants of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer, 2012) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sida rhombifolia L. subsp. rhombifolia	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Sida rhombifolia Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Sida rhombifolia Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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