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Waltheria indica L.

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Waltheria indica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymMelochia corchorifolia Wall.
synonymWaltheria africana Schum. & Thonn.
synonymWaltheria americana L.
synonymWaltheria americana var. densiflora Schum.
synonymWaltheria americana var. elliptica (Cav.) Schum.
synonymWaltheria americana var. indica (L.) K. Schum.
synonymWaltheria americana var. subspicata K. Schum.
synonymWaltheria angustifolia L.
synonymWaltheria arborescens Cav.
synonymWaltheria corchorifolia Pers.
synonymWaltheria elliptica Cav.
synonymWaltheria erioclada DC.
synonymWaltheria guineensis Schum. & Thonn.
synonymWaltheria indica var. americana (L.) R. Br. ex Hosaka
synonymWaltheria indica var. sahelica Roberty
synonymWaltheria makinoi Hayata
synonymWaltheria microphylla Cav.
synonymWaltheria obtusa Willd. ex Steud.
synonymWaltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast.
synonymWaltheria pedunculata Willd. ex Steud.
synonymWaltheria pyrolifolia Gray
synonymWaltheria wildii Suess.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Uhaloa
Other
  • Boater Bush
  • Buff Coat
  • Leather Coat
  • Marsh-mallow
  • Monkey Bush
  • Sleepy Morning
  • Velvet Leaf
Tamil
  • Shengalipoondu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Subshrub
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        Erect, branching herbs or under shrubs; densely stellate-tomentose all over. Leaves 2-5 x 1-2.5 cm, elliptic-ovate to oblong, base cordate, margin serrate, apex rounded, venation impressed above and prominent beneath; petiole to 2.3 cm long. Flowers in axillary and terminal subsessile clusters. Calyx tube 2-4 mm long, campanulate; lobes 5. Petals 5, yellow, 4-5 mm long, obovate-obtuse. Stamens 5, connate below. Ovary villous, 1-celled; ovules 2; style c.1.5 mm long; stigma penicillate. Capsule 3-4 x 2 mm, obovoid, 2-valved, enclosed in calyx. Seed 1, c. 2 mm long, obovoid.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          Habit: An erect subshrub, upto 1m.
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: October-January
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Morphology

              Growth Form

              Shrub
              Shrub
              Flower

              In axillary clusters; yellow. Flowering throughout the year.

              Fruit

              An obconical capsule, enclosed in calyx, 2-valved; seed solitary, obconical, wrinkled. Fruiting throughout the year.

              Field tips

              Branchlets stellate-pubescent. Leaves 3-5-nerved from base.

              Leaf Arrangement

              Alternate-distichous

              Leaf Type

              Simple

              Leaf Shape

              Ovate-elliptic

              Leaf Apex

              Acute-obtuse

              Leaf Base

              Obtuse-subcordate

              Leaf Margin

              Serrate

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                Miscellaneous Details
                Notes: Moist deciduous forest areas also in the plains
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Degraded moist deciduous forest areas, also in the plains
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    Common at all type of habitats
                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      Pantropical

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                        Maharashtra: Common throughout Kerala: All districts
                        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                          Found in fallow fields, scrub jungles and road sides from plains to 1400m. Common. Pantropical.
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                            Global Distribution

                            India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu

                            Indian Distribution

                            Jorhat

                            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              It is sometimes grown as an ornamental. The leaf is used in herbal preparations.
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                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4086
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                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Waltheria americana L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753.
                                  2. Waltheria indica L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 374. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 111(79). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 96. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 81. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 69. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 83. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 83. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 92. 1990; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 473. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 89. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 104. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 38. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 43. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 35. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 112. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 97. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 476. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 141. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 167. 2009.
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4086
                                  1. Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Waltheria americana L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753.
                                  2. Waltheria indica L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 374. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 111(79). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 96. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 81. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 69. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 83. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 83. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 92. 1990; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 473. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 89. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 104. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 38. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 43. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 35. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 112. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 97. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 476. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 141. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 167. 2009.
                                  3. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4086
                                  4. Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                  OrderMalvales Juss.
                                  FamilyMalvaceae Juss.
                                  GenusWaltheria
                                  SpeciesWaltheria indica L.
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