Sida rhombifolia L. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Sida rhombifolia L.

Summary

Genus:

Sida

Family:

Malvaceae

Subfamily:

Malvoideae

Tribe:

Malveae

Nomen number:

33900

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:684. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/15/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

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Common names

English
arrowleaf sida –
broomjue sida –
common sida –
Cuban-jute –
paddy-lucerne –
Queensland-hemp –
sida-retusa –
sidaweed –
teaweed –
French
faux thé –
German
Kubajute –
Portuguese
chá-bravo –
Portuguese (Brazil)
malva-preta –
relógio –
vassourinha –
vassourinha-relógio –
Spanish
axpcatzín –
escoba –
escobilla –
escobita ceniza –
malva prieta –
Spanish (Mexico)
huinar –
popotalagua –
Swedish
smalmalva –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Cape Verde
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Lesotho
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Gauteng
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	North West
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Northern Cape
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Swaziland
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Equatorial Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Egypt	Sinai
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
3	Adventive	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France
3	Adventive	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Azores
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Madeira Islands
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canary Islands
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Victoria
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand	North Island
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Guam
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Marshall Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Northern Mariana Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji
6	Other

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
CHINA: China [Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea

Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Oklahoma]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey, Pennsylvania]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Adventive
Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France

Naturalized
Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia]
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [North Island]

Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Portugal

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Other ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Materials	fiber	Soerjani, M. et al., eds. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. 1987
Medicines	folklore	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisons	mammals	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Weed	potential seed contaminant	Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33900. Accessed 21 July 2025.