| HABIT : An erect, small, annual, undershrub, hairy with soft and with stellate hairs all over. |
| LEAVES : Ovate, rarely the lower ones cordate, crenate, obtuse or subacute, petiolate. |
| INFLORESCENCE : Solitary or few together. |
| FLOWERS : Pedicellate, pedicels jointed below the calyx. Corolla yellow, a little longer than calyx. Carpels 10, strongly reticulated, ciliated at the upper margin, awned, awns 2, nearly as long as the carpels, scabrid hairy. Seeds black. |
| FLOWERING AND FRUTING TIME : October – December. |
| Sida cordifolia is used to treat bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, colds, flu, swine flu, chills, lack of perspiration, headaches, nasal congestion, cough and wheezing, urinary infections, sore mouth, and fluid retention. |
| It is also used for heart disease, stroke, facial paralysis, tissue pain and swelling (inflammation), sciatic nerve pain, insanity, nerve pain, nerve inflammation, ongoing achy joints. |
| Some people use Sida cordifolia as a stimulant, painkiller, and tonic; and to increase urine production and raise sexual arousal. |
