Trees & Plants

Horn bean leaved sida

Veyo dhiggaa

Sida acuta Burm .f.

Common in human habited areas The plant can accumulate heavy metals × and may be useful for phytoremediation of contaminated soils. The root is stomachic, or diaphoretic and antipyretic, useful in febrile affection and some forms of dyspepsia, to and in mild cases of debility fro

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uses: The plant can accumulate heavy metals × and may be useful for phytoremediation of contaminated soils. The root is stomachic, or diaphoretic and antipyretic, useful in febrile affection and some forms of dyspepsia, to and in mild cases of debility from previous at illness. The drug is used as a diuretic in rheumatic affection and is a demulcent in chronic dysentery. Th reat & damage: Sida is a noxious weed in to the tropics and sub-tropics. It can compete with native plants for water and nutrients and suppress their growth. The strong tap root system helps to withstand adverse climatic conditions. Management: Slashing and mowing before flowering and fruiting are effective. Herbicides are effective in the short-term. The efficacy of Fusarium lateritium, a biocontrol agent, has been proved in some countries.
family: Malvaceae
synonym: Sida stipulata Cav.
description: Erect subshrubs, branches × distichous. Leaves simple, alternate, 3-6 1-2 cm, lanceolate to ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base truncate, margins serrate, affentire towards base, sparsely hirsute to glabrate on both surfaces; 3-nerved at base; petiole to 4 mm long; stipules 5-8 × 1-1.5 mm, unequal, one lanceolate, the other linear. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels to 5 mm long. Calyx 6-8 mm long, Th campanulate, ciliate on margins, divided to the middle. Petals creamy-yellow, 6-8 mm long, obliquely obovate. Staminal column ca. 2 mm long; filaments to 1.5 mm long; anthers pale yellow. Ovary ca. 1.5 mm long, ovoid; styles 6-8; stigma globose, yellow. Schizocarp to 5 mm long; mericarps 6-8, fl × ca. 3 2 mm, trigonous, reticulate, apically are 2-awned; seeds ca. 2 mm long, trigonous.
native range: Central America
distribution: Pantropical
english names: Horn bean leaved sida
flowering fruiting: August- October
occurrence maldives: Common in human habited areas