Bhuinii / Heart-Leaved Sida
Sida cordata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- September-April
How to identify Bhuinii
Identify Bhuinii by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Not notably velvety.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate-cordate.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bhuinii.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sida cordata
- Genus
- Sida
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in wasteland
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate-cordaterecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhuinii itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhuinii itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- भूइनी bhuinii
- Tamil
- Kurunthotti, Palampasi, Mayirmanikkam
- Telugu
- benda, gayapaku, tirunala
- Kannada
- bekkinathale gida
- Malayalam
- kuruntotti, nela-vaga, വള്ളിക്കുറുന്തോട്ടി
- Marathi
- Bhumi petari, Bhoybal
About Bhuinii
Heart-leaved Sida (Sida cordata) is a herb in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and 14 other states. It grows in dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in wasteland. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Bhuinii belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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