Sida cordifolia is a plant of Malvaceae Family. Let us know some details about the plant and flowers.
Scientific Name: Sida cordifolia
Some Basic Information about Sida cordifolia
Habit- Perennial small shrub
Root- Tap root.
Stem- Branched, hairy, green, herbaceous and possesses mucilaginous content.
Leaf- Simple, alternate, petiolate, stipulate, linear, deciduous, stipules hairy, reticulate venation.
Inflorescence- Solitary
Flower- Bracteate, pedicellate, hermaphrodite, epicalyx absent, actinomorphic, complete, hypogynous, pentamerous.
Calyx- Sepals 5, slightly united at the base, valvate aestivation.
Corolla- Petals 5, polypetalous, but appear as gamopetalous due to fusion with staminal tube at the base, twisted aestivation.
Androecium- Stamens many, monoadelphous, i.e., filaments of all stamens are fused forming staminal tube around the style, epipetalous, anthers monothecous, reniform and extrorse.
Gynoecium- Pentacarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior, pentalocular axile placentation, two ovules in each locule, style long, ending into 5 stigmas.
Floral formula– ↶
Br⊕ ⚥ K(5) C5 A(∞) G(5)
Systematic Position–
Division – Phanerogamia
Subdivision – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Subclass – Polypetalae
Series – Thalamiflorae
Order – Malvales
Family – Malvaceae
