Herb
Waltheria indica L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Melochia corchorifolia Wall. |
synonym | Waltheria africana Schum. & Thonn. |
synonym | Waltheria americana L. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. densiflora Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. elliptica (Cav.) Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K. Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria americana var. subspicata K. Schum. |
synonym | Waltheria angustifolia L. |
synonym | Waltheria arborescens Cav. |
synonym | Waltheria corchorifolia Pers. |
synonym | Waltheria elliptica Cav. |
synonym | Waltheria erioclada DC. |
synonym | Waltheria guineensis Schum. & Thonn. |
synonym | Waltheria indica var. americana (L.) R. Br. ex Hosaka |
synonym | Waltheria indica var. sahelica Roberty |
synonym | Waltheria makinoi Hayata |
synonym | Waltheria microphylla Cav. |
synonym | Waltheria obtusa Willd. ex Steud. |
synonym | Waltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast. |
synonym | Waltheria pedunculata Willd. ex Steud. |
synonym | Waltheria pyrolifolia Gray |
synonym | Waltheria wildii Suess. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit: Subshrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit: An erect subshrub, upto 1m.
Keystone Foundation
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
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
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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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
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Common at all type of habitats
Degraded moist deciduous forest areas, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu
Indian Distribution
Jorhat
Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | 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
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Found in fallow fields, scrub jungles and road sides from plains to 1400m. Common. Pantropical.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
It is sometimes grown as an ornamental. The leaf is used in herbal preparations.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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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
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4086 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Waltheria americana L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753.
- 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.
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- 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
Information Listing > References
- Waltheria americana L., Sp. Pl. 673. 1753.
- 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.
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- 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
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malvales Juss. |
Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
Genus | Waltheria |
Species | Waltheria indica L. |
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