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Nagabala<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scientific name: Sida spinosa<\/span>
\nFamily name: MALVACEAE<\/span>
\nLocal name: Nagabala<\/span>
\nDescription: Annual or perennial undershrub, erect to c. 0.5 m tall. leaves; lamina 1 \u2013 4 X 0.3 \u2013 2.2 cm, ovate to oblong, or lanceolte to linear, obtuse t apex, base subtruncate to rounded, rarely orbicular, coarsely crenate-serrate, minutely stellate on both surfaces, glabrescent above, 3 (-5)-veined at base, pinnately veined; petiole 2 \u2013 15 mm long, stellate-pubescent; stipule 2 \u2013 4 mm long, linear. Flowers solitary-axillary or in clusters of 3 \u2013 5. Pedicel 2 \u2013 5 (-8) mm long, accrescent to 10 mm, jointed above midway. Mericarps 5, 2 \u2013 3 mm long with 2 short awns at apex 1 \u2013 1.5 mm long, laterally with prominent, reticulate veins, apex and awns shortly stellate-pubescent. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, ovoid, obscurely trigonous, brownish-black, glabrous.<\/span>
\nStatus: Native<\/span>
\nEdible parts: none<\/span>
\nAyurvedic Treatments: Rheumatism<\/span><\/p>\n

PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Entire plant<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Immuno-stimulant<\/span>
\nAnti- salmonella antibody production enhancer<\/span>
\nAnti-microbial<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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