Barcode: CAL0000013843

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Family: MALVACEAE

Scientific Name: Sida acuta Burm.f.

Collector: K.M. Sebastine

Country: India

Uses: Leaves are demulcent and diuretic.Leaves boiled in oil and applied to testicular swellings and in elephantiasis. In Africa, used as an abortifacient. Decoction o f leaves and roots emollient, used for hemorrhoids and impotence. Roots used as tonic, stomachic, diaphoretic, and antipyretic,used in nervous and urinary disorders and bowel complaints;