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Family: Malvaceae	Genus: Sida	Species: Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borss.Waalk. ( भूमिबला )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Melochia cordata Burm.f., Sida veronicifolia Lam.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Bhumi – bala	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Long-stalk Sida, Heart-Leaf Sida, Country-mallow	Flowering Period	Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Bhumi – bala, Nag – bala	Fruiting Period	Jan-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1000m.	Fruit Type	Follicle
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Mericarps globose, enclosed in persistent calyx, 2 – awned, hairy at top; seeds brownish – black, glaucous.
Habitat	Common; along road sides, forest edges, waste places	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Throughout warmer parts of India; pantropical.	Bark Details	Almost woody, with a tough stringy bark
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Cordate
Description of Species	Prostrate or ascending small undershrub, up to 1 m tall, often woody at base. Leaves ovate – cordate, acuminate, serrate with alternate short teeth, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; petioles long, swollen at base as well as apex; stipules linear, filiform, hairy. Flowers pedicel jointed above the middle. Calyx campanulate, 5 – fib; lobes connate to the middle, triangular, acuminate, ciliate. Corolla yellow; petals obovate, almost equal or larger to sepals. Staminal column to 3 mm long, sparsely pubescent. Mericarps globose, enclosed in persistent calyx, 2 – awned, hairy at top; seeds brownish – black, glaucous.	Leaf Details	Leaves ovate – cordate, acuminate, serrate with alternate short teeth, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; petioles long, swollen at base as well as apex; stipules linear, filiform, hairy.

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