Wissadula amplissima
StarWissadula amplissima
Synonyms: Sida tetracocca, Wissadula amplissima var. typica, Wissadula amplissima f. lobulata, Abutilon chapelieri, Wissadula hirsuta, Sida polyantha, Sida sundensis, Sida pauciflora, Abutilon laxiflorum, Abutilon crinitum, Sida heterosperma, Abutilon amplissimum, Wissadula heterosperma, Sida laxiflora, Abutilon polyanthon, Sida amplissima
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In the Ashanti region of Ghana the leaves of Wissadula amplissima are used in traditional medicine for the management of spider, wasp and bee stings; experimental study of the dried leaf extract has confirmed dose-dependent anti-inflammatory activity consistent with this use (Aladesanmi et al., 2007).
Botanical Description
Wissadula amplissima is an erect, woody-based perennial herb or subshrub in the family Malvaceae with a pantropical distribution, native to the Neotropics and naturalised or native across tropical Africa and parts of tropical Asia, where it grows in disturbed ground, roadsides, savanna and waste places. It reaches roughly 1 to 2.5 metres tall, with slender, finely stellate-hairy stems. The leaves are alternate, long-petiolate and broadly ovate to triangular-cordate with a heart-shaped base and a long-tapering tip, softly grey-hairy beneath, the lower leaves often the largest. Small yellow to pale orange-yellow five-petalled flowers are borne in branching terminal panicles. The distinctive fruit is a schizocarp of several beaked mericarps, each typically divided by a constriction into an upper and a lower chamber, a feature that helps distinguish the genus within the mallow family. Flowering and fruiting occur over an extended season in warm climates.
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