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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Sida cordata |
| Family name: |
MALVACEAE
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| English name: |
Long-Stalk Sida
Heart-Leaf Sida
Country Mallow
Flannel Weed
Heartleaf Fanpetals
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| Sinhala name: |
Wel bebila (වැල් බැබිල)
Bavila (වැල් බැවිල )
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| Tamil name: |
Palampadu
Palampasi
Kurunthotti
Palampaci
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| Sanskrit name: |
Bhumibala
Nagabala
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Slender herb, prostrate or ascending to about 0.5 m tall; stems with minute stellate hairs. Leaf lamina 1-5(-6) x 1-4.(-5.5) cm; petioles 0.5-3 cm long; stipules 1-3 mm. Flowers yellow yellow, solitary-axillary; pedicels 1.5-2.5(-4) cm long; corolla 8-10 mm diameter. Merocarps 5, 2-2.5 mm long. Seeds about 2 mm long.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Asthma
Boils
Bleeding piles
Rheumatism
Spermatorrhoea
Gonorrhea
Nervous system disorders
Urinary tract diseases
Blood disorders
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Root
whole plant
Leaves
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Diuretic
Aphrodisiac
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