Sida rhombifolia L.
Broom Jute / Timah-timah/Rumput siti fatimah (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial subshrub or herb of 1 m tall. Leaves are simple, arranged spirally, abaxially gray to white, adaxially subglabrous to hairy. Leaf blade is oblong-lanceolate or obovate, acute at apex, broadly cuneate at base with toothed margin and tri-veined or pinnate venation. Stems are erect or lying on the ground branching and more or less woody. Flowers are yellow to white and small. Inflorescence a solitary arising at leaf axils. Fruit a dehiscent capsule. Seeds
The fresh leaves are applied externally to the skin area that experiences muscle pain as patches after cupping (Berbekam). It is
It thrives in flat lands, and near freshwater streams. It prefers fertile, loamy, moist but well-drained soil under partial shade.
Seeds.
Native to the New World
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