Sida cordifolia
Malvaceae FAMILY

Sida cordifolia

Sida cordifolia

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sida cordifolia is an erect, annual to perennial plant with stems that are branched at the base and become more or less woody, especially at the base. It can grow 50 - 200cm tall[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. , 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant has a very long history of medicinal use and is often harvested from the wild. It also yields a useful fibre[ 646 Title New Crops FactSheets Publication Author Website http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/default.html Publisher Purdue University Year 0 ISBN Description A website dedicated to giving information on potential new agricultural crops. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeWidespread in subtropical to tropical areas through Africa, southern Asia to the Philippines, New Guinea and South America.
HabitatA weed of wasteland[ 646 Title New Crops FactSheets Publication Author Website http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/default.html Publisher Purdue University Year 0 ISBN Description A website dedicated to giving information on potential new agricultural crops. ]. Usually grows as a weed of agricultural land and waste places, but also found in disturbed areas and along roads in rain forest, monsoon forest and vine thickets; at elevations up to 800 metres in Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].