Scientific Name: Waltheria indica
L.
Family: Sterculiaceae (Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
Vernacular name:
Boater Bush(English)
Tribal name: Mara
cheera (Paniya)
Habit: Undershrub
Habitat: Common at all
type of habitats, Degraded moist deciduous forest areas, also in the plains
Distribution: Pantropical
Tribal consumers:
Paniya
Parts Used: Whole plant (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability: Throughout
the year
Key identification features: Erect
pubescent sub-shrub with axillary clusters of yellow flowers. Leaves
elliptic-ovate, serrate, and venation prominent. Flowers in axillary and
terminal subsessile clusters with a campanulate calyx, 5 yellow
petals, and 5 connate stamens. Capsule obovoid, 2-valved with a single seed.
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