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Family: Malvaceae	Genus: Sida	Species: Sida rhombifolia Linn.( अतिबला )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Diadesma rhombifolia (Linn.) Raf., Sida alba Cav.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Sahdevi, Atibala	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Arrow leaf sida, Queensland hemp,	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Atibala	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Schizocarpic
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Mericarps 6 – 12 with 2 short hairy awns; seeds smooth, flattened, brown or black.
Habitat	Common; open exposed areas, way sides, forest edges.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, New Zealand and on numerous Pacific islands (American Samoa, the Gal pagos Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue Palau and the Solomon Islands).	Bark Details	Stems are slender, but rather woody, with a tough stringy bark.
Distribution in Haryana		Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Annual or perennial undershrubs, glabrate or stellarely hairy. Leaves variable in shape and size, ovate to oblong, more less rhomboid, ovoid or lanceolate, 2 – 5 x 1 – 4 cm, cuneate or rounded at base, serrate to crenate towards upper half, minutely stellate – pubescent on both survaces; stipules filiform. Flowers pedicel 1 – 2 cm long jointed above the middle. Calyx campanulate, lobes triangular to ovate, acuminate. Corolla yellow to light orange; petals broadly ovoid, almost equal to sepals in length. Staminal column 5 – 6 mm long, included. Mericarps 6 – 12 with 2 short hairy awns; seeds smooth, flattened, brown or black.	Leaf Details	Leaves variable in shape and size, ovate to oblong, more less rhomboid, ovoid or lanceolate, cuneate or rounded at base, serrate to crenate towards upper half, minutely stellate – pubescent on both survaces; stipules filiform.

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