Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD 034 Sida creeper to ID

[ushadi Micromini]

Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD 034 Sida creeper to ID

 

Dear All :

I found this “creeper” like prostrate non-woody herb growing in a mess of other weed/herbs and a lots of grass and mud…   only one of this plant was around with just one yellow BUD… sorry the flower had not opened yet, its about 6 km from where Is stayed… so could not go back for a couple of days… and by the third day.. the whole plant was gone… this is all I have.. Pics were taken on 7^th June 2011.

Can it be identified based on this few features:

Based on the fruits I know it’s a sida, but that’s where it stops for me…Please help…

Family: Malvaceae

Subfamily:           Malvoideae

Tribe:                        Malveae

Genus:                              Sida  L

Species                                   ID needed

Thank you

Usha di

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[Balkar Arya]

I think abutilon indicum

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Tanay Bose]

Abutilon indicum indeed I think Usha Di took this photo around

the Salt Lake region of Kolkata, it a gregarious weed out there .

Tanay

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[Vijayasankar]

Yes, it is Abutilon indicum. I think the lonely plant had lot of disturbances in the field and been 'forced' to grow like a creeper, and finally gone.
It was NOT Sida for several reasons including for the mericarps which are not 1-seeded, nor 2-beaked and the beaks not pointing towards the center of fruit.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[ushadi Micromini]

Oh, thank you,   thank you, I'll go right now and change my labels in my file atleast, cant do anything to what's now floating in the cyberspace... Vijayashankarji, good explanations,, Balkarji thanks for the quick diagnosis, and Tanay, thanks ... na Bhai  I took the pictures near Patuli, but on the eastern side of the EM bypass... far away from salt lake... . you are right it was a very disturbed site.. nearby lots new apartment buildings are coming up ...  "Forced" to grow like a creeper" so site and prevailing conditions specify plants behavior...  interesting... almost human


Usha di
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