Sida spinosa L.Family: Malvaceae
Synonyms: Malva spinosa (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Malvinda alba (L.) Medik., Malvinda angustifolia (Mill.) Medik., Malvinda spinosa (L.) Medik., Malvinda spinosa (L.) Moench, Sida affinis J.A.Schmidt, Sida alba L., Sida angustifolia Lam., Sida angustifolia Mill., Sida bicolor Cav., Sida brachypetala DC., Sida carpinifolia Mill., Sida emarginata Willd., Sida heterocarpa Engelm. ex A.Gray, Sida milleri DC., Sida minor Macfad., Sida pimpinellifolia Mill., Sida subdistans A.St.-Hil. & Naudin, Sida tenuicaulis Hook.f., Sida truncata L'Hér., Sida ulmifolia Mill., Malachodendron corchoroides J.F.Gmel., Malvinda alnifolia Medik., Sida angustifolia var. major C.Presl, Sida carpinifolia f. balbisiana (DC.) Millsp., Sida spinosa var. angustifolia Griseb., Sida spinosa var. spinosa, Stewartia corchoroides Forssk.English: Indian mallow, prickly fanpetals, prickly mallow, prickly sida, spiny sida, spring sida, yellow barleria
Arabic: ملوخيه ابليس (مِلوخية ابليس) , meloukhiet iblis
Bengali: বন মেথি Bon Methi
Finnish: Otasiida
Gujarati: કાંટાળો બલ Kantalo Bal
Hindi: गुलशकरी Gulsakari, बरयार Baryar
Malayalam: കുറുന്തൊട്ടി Kurunthotti, Valiya-oorakam
Marathi: जंगली मेथी Jungali Methi
Sanskrit: विश्वदेव Visvadeva, सहदेव Sahadeva
Telugu: నాగబల Nagabala
Urdu: بريار Baryar
Burundi: akavumvu
Nigeria: yarfe
Southern Africa: lente sida, sindanibita, stekeltaaiman
Tanzania: minyundimi
Various Indian vernacular names: arivalmanai-poondu, avishta, bariari, bonmethi, chinamootam, chinamuttama, chinamuttavapulagam, chinnamuttama, chinnamuttamu, chinnamuttavapulagamu, cinnamuttavapulagamu, cinnamuttemu, gorakchaulia, gulsakari, kadumenthys, kantalo-bal, kantio balkari-kaddigida, kantiobal, katiobal, khar-yashtika, kattuvantiyam, kulbahebarri, kulbahebarri, mayir-mamkkam, nagabala, pilabarela, sham-lethe-dashti, sham lithedash-ti, shamlithedashti, shanbalide-barri, shanbalidebarri, ternaliabenda, thernalla benda, thirinelabenda, tirinelabenda, tukati-khareti, tukhm kharenti, vishvadeva, vishvadevi
Description: Annual or perennial, erect or diffuse herbs or undershrubs, to 60 cm high; stems with 1 or 2 spines at the base of petioles; stems, petioles and pedicels cinereous-stellate-and simple hairy. Leaves alternate, oblong or ovate, acute or subcordate at base, serrate at margin, acute, rounded to truncate at apex, 6-30 x 4-25 mm, stellate-pubescent, sometimes glabrescent above; petioles 2-15 mm long; stipules linear, equal, 1-2.5 mm long, hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary or in clusters of 2-5 on small axillary shoots; pedicels 2-8 mm long, accrescent to 8 mm, jointed above middle. Calyx campanulate, 3-5 mm across; lobes free above middle, deltoid, acute to acuminate with a prominent midnerve, 1-2 x 1.5-2 mm, cinerous-stellate-and simple hairy outside, glabrous except at margin inside. Corolla ca 1 cm across, yellow or yellowish white; petals obovate, rounded or emarginate at apex, ca 6 x 3 mm, glabrous. Staminal column ca 2 mm long, glabrous, antheriferous at apex. Ovary ovoid; styles 5; stigmas globose, purple. Schizocarps ca 5 mm across, enclosed in calyx; mericarps 5, 3-gonous, 2-3 mm long, with 2 divergent awns to 1-1.5 mm long, prominently dorsally reticulate, stellate-hairy at apex; seeds ovoid, slightly 3-gonous, 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous, brownish black.
Used in Ayurveda and Unani. Seed poisonous if ingested. Decoction of roots for infantile diarrhea, fever, diaphoretic. Root and root bark used in debility and fever, irritability of bladder, genital disorders; powdered rootbark mixed with sugar and taken with milk as a sexual tonic. Leaves demulcent and refrigerant, diaphoretic, diuretic, emollient, stomachic, tonic, used in gonorrhea, for venomous stings, bites, diarrhea, and to stop early graying of hair. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Root—nervine tonic and diaphoretic; used in debility and fevers. Decoction given as a demulcent in irritability of bladder and genitourinary tract. Leaves—demulcent and refrigerant; used for scalding urine. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Aerial plant: emollient, antiphlogistic, antidiarrheal Dried leaf, decoction: for infections, skin sores and rashes, and antidiarrheal Leaf + root, infusion: antidiarrheal and for dysentery Root juice: for gonorrhea. Entire plant: hypoglycemic activity [Medicinal Flora of Argentine]
Description: Annual or perennial, erect or diffuse herbs or undershrubs, to 60 cm high; stems with 1 or 2 spines at the base of petioles; stems, petioles and pedicels cinereous-stellate-and simple hairy. Leaves alternate, oblong or ovate, acute or subcordate at base, serrate at margin, acute, rounded to truncate at apex, 6-30 x 4-25 mm, stellate-pubescent, sometimes glabrescent above; petioles 2-15 mm long; stipules linear, equal, 1-2.5 mm long, hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary or in clusters of 2-5 on small axillary shoots; pedicels 2-8 mm long, accrescent to 8 mm, jointed above middle. Calyx campanulate, 3-5 mm across; lobes free above middle, deltoid, acute to acuminate with a prominent midnerve, 1-2 x 1.5-2 mm, cinerous-stellate-and simple hairy outside, glabrous except at margin inside. Corolla ca 1 cm across, yellow or yellowish white; petals obovate, rounded or emarginate at apex, ca 6 x 3 mm, glabrous. Staminal column ca 2 mm long, glabrous, antheriferous at apex. Ovary ovoid; styles 5; stigmas globose, purple. Schizocarps ca 5 mm across, enclosed in calyx; mericarps 5, 3-gonous, 2-3 mm long, with 2 divergent awns to 1-1.5 mm long, prominently dorsally reticulate, stellate-hairy at apex; seeds ovoid, slightly 3-gonous, 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous, brownish black.
Used in Ayurveda and Unani. Seed poisonous if ingested. Decoction of roots for infantile diarrhea, fever, diaphoretic. Root and root bark used in debility and fever, irritability of bladder, genital disorders; powdered rootbark mixed with sugar and taken with milk as a sexual tonic. Leaves demulcent and refrigerant, diaphoretic, diuretic, emollient, stomachic, tonic, used in gonorrhea, for venomous stings, bites, diarrhea, and to stop early graying of hair. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Root—nervine tonic and diaphoretic; used in debility and fevers. Decoction given as a demulcent in irritability of bladder and genitourinary tract. Leaves—demulcent and refrigerant; used for scalding urine. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Aerial plant: emollient, antiphlogistic, antidiarrheal Dried leaf, decoction: for infections, skin sores and rashes, and antidiarrheal Leaf + root, infusion: antidiarrheal and for dysentery Root juice: for gonorrhea. Entire plant: hypoglycemic activity [Medicinal Flora of Argentine]
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