Sida cordifolia Kharenti Bala | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Sida cordifolia

Scientific Name and Description

Sida cordifolia L.

Herb Family

Malvaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Abutilon truncatum (Cav.) G.Don
Malvastrum cordifolium Rojas Acosta
Malvinda cordifolia Medik.
Sida aristata Willd. ex Spreng.
Sida borbonica Cav.
Sida byssina Schrank
Sida ciliosa Bojer ex Baker
Sida conferta Link
Sida cordifolia var. altheifolia (Sw.) Griseb.
Sida cordifolia var. conferta (Link) Griseb.
Sida decagyna Schumach. & Thonn.
Sida herbacea Cav.
Sida holosericea Willd. ex Spreng.
Sida hongkongensis Gand.
Sida micans Cav.
Sida portoricensis Spreng.
Sida pungens Kunth
Sida rotundifolia Lam.
Sida rotundifolia Lam. ex Cav.
Sida subspicata Colla
Sida truncata Cav.
Sida vellozoana Steud.
Sida velutina Willd. ex Spreng.
Sida vestita Steud.
Sida waltheriaefolia Bojer ex Baker

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	Kungyi, bal, balu, barial, bariar, kharenti, khareti, kharinta, kungyi, sahaderi
Kannada	bala, benne garaga, benne garuga, bheda, chikana, chittaralu, chittuharalu, cittuharalu, hethuthi, hetthtthi, hetthutti, hettuti-gida, hettutti, hirethutti, kisangi, vishagumbala
Malayalam	katturam, katturan, katu-uren, kuruntotti, velluram
Marathi	bala, chikana, china, khiranthi, khiranti, tupkaria
Sanskrit	Balaa, badiyalaka, bala, baladhya, balini, batyalaka, beejband, bhadra, bhadrabala, bhadraudani, bhadrodani, bhadroga, bhumibala, bijband, brela, jayanti, kalyanini, kanaka, kathorayashtika, kharakakashtika, kharayashtika, kharayastika, krura, motapati, nagabala, nilaya, odanavha, odani, odanika, phanijivaka, prahasa, prasarini, rajabala, raktatandula, samanga, samansha, shitapaki, suvarna, svetberela, udani, vataghni, vatayahva, vatyabhidhana, vatyalaka, vatyali, vatyalika, vatyapushpi, vatyapuspi, vatyayani, vilala
Tamil	arivalmanaip puntu, arivalmanaippundu, arivalmukam, arivalmukkan, arivalmukku, arivalmukkucceti, arivalmukkuppaccilai, arivanmanaippuntu, arivanmukkan, arivanmukkukkirai, arputavati, cincirani, cirra muttiver, cirramutti, curutti, kayappuntu, kucci, kuperikai, kurunthotti, malaikkuruntali#, malaikkuruntali, malaikkuruntolli, malaitanki, mayir-manikham, mayirccikaippuntu, mayirmanikkam, milirai, miliraicceti, nila thuthi, nilattutti, nilatutti, niratevi, pacucenki, pancenki, paniyar-tutti, pankampalai , tacapacam, tanki, tirikuraca, uromi, uromipputu, vattattiruppi , verpenti, virai, viri
Telugu	anthisa, antisa, chiribenda, chiru benda, chirubenda, chitimutti, cirubenda, muttava, muttavapulagamu, mutthava, mutthavapulagamu, muttuva, suvarnam, suvarnamu, tella antisa, tellaantisa, tellagorra, tellantisa, thellagorra chettu, thellantisa, tutturabenda
Tibetan	ba la, ba-la
Rajasthan Region	Bal
Common names	flannel weed, bala, country mallow , heart-leaf sida

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Fruits

Seeds

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

A tonic and aphrodisiac, plant is also effective in intermittent fever, rheumatism and neurological affections.
Leaves and roots are pounded and applied locally on boils to hasten suppuration.
Powdered root bark is used for the treatment of urinary and nervous diseases.
Powdered root with milk is given in leucorrhoea.
Seed possess demulcent and laxative properties and are used in bowel complaints.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Sida cordifolia L. Perennial herb/shrub Whole plant Asthmatic bronchitis; nasel congestion; ulcer; aphrodisiac; insecticidal; wormicidal; diuretic; dysentery; urinary trouble; earache; fever; facial paralysis inflammation; ring worm; rheumatism; nervous problems General Chopda and Mahajan 2009, Dey and De 2012, Suganthi and Libina 2015