Arrowleaf sida (Sida rhombifolia)

#Dlium Sidaguri or arrowleaf sida (Sida rhombifolia) is a species of plant in the Malvaceae, shrub, cylindrical stem, erect to broad and branched, up to 120 cm high, woody, bark scaly, top dark green or red, underside light brown .

S. rhombifolia has elongated oval leaves, dark green, arranged alternately along the stem, 4-8 cm long, pointed or rounded ends, serrated margins and sometimes has a dark red band.

Single flower on peduncle arising from the area between stem and petiole, 5 petals 4-8 cm long, cream to orange-yellow in color, and may be slightly reddish in center. The petals overlap asymmetrically and have a long lobe on one side. The stamens are united in short columns.

The fruit is a ribbed capsule that breaks into 8 to 10 segments.

Sidaguri grows in agricultural lands, roadsides, rocky areas, cattle pens, savannas, shrubs, hillsides and swamp forests at elevations below 2000 meters.

This plant is used to treat ulcers, asthma in infants, high fever, antidiarrheal, lung colds, anticrotal, serum venom of rattlesnakes and black widow spiders, a substitute for marijuana.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Sida
Species: Sida rhombifolia
Subspecies: Sida rhombifolia ssp. insularis, Sida rhombifolia ssp. rhombifolia
Variety: Sida rhombifolia var. scabrida, Sida rhombifolia var. serratifolia

Arabic: أوراق السهم سيدا
Argentina: Escoba Dura
Australia: Paddy Lucerne
Austria: Rautenblättrige Malvinde
Bali: Selegui
Chinese (Simplified): 白背黄花棯
Chinese (Traditional): 金午時花 - 白背黃花稔
Colombia: Escoba
Czech: vlákeň kosolistá
Danish: Rudebladet Katost
English: Cuban jute, Rhombus-leaved sida, Big Jack, Paddy Lucerne, Sida Hemp, Arrowleaf sida , Queensland-hemp, Indian Hemp
Finnish: ruutusiida
German: Rautenblättrige Malvinde
Guangdong: 白背黃花稔
Hebrew: דף עלה החץ
Hindi: एरोलीफ सीडा
Hong Kong: 白背黃花稔
Indonesian: Sidaguri
Japanese: キンゴジカ
Javanese: Otok-otok
Korean: 화살잎 시다
Kwéyòl: balyé wonzè
Macao: 白背黃花稔
Maya: Chichibe
Minangkabau: Guri, Saligur
Nahuatl: Axocatzín
Norwegian: ballasthamp
Palauan: Keak
Portuguese: guanxuma
Russian: Грудника ромболистная
South Africa: arrowleaf sida
Southern Africa: arrowleaf sida
Spanish: tlalamate, Ciruela, Escoba, Afata escoba, Escoba Dura
Swedish: smalmalva
Taiwan: 白背黃花稔 - 金午時花
Thai: หญ้าขัด - ขัดมอน
Totonaco: Akguana lipalhna
United Kingdom: Queensland-hemp
Zulu: Umthonyane

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Location: Kedungjajang, Lumajang Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia.

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