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'''Bala or Sida cordifolia''' ('ilima, flannel weed, bala, country mallow or heart-leaf sida) is a perennial subshrub shrub of the mallow family Malvaceae native to India.'''Sida cordifolia''' or '''Bala''' is a plant. The seeds and root are used to make medicine. Sida cordifolia contains ephedrine, which is an amphetamine-like stimulant that can cause harmful side effects. ... Some people use Sida cordifolia as a stimulant, painkiller, and tonic; and to increase urine production and raise sexual arousal.  ==Uses=={{Uses|rheumatism}}, {{Uses|eye diseases}}, {{Uses|gonorrhea}}, {{Uses|diabetes}}, {{Uses|gout}}, {{Uses|diabetes}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|seed}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}. ==Chemical Composition==The following alkaloids were reported from S. cordifolia growing in India and β-phenethylamine, ephedrine, pseudo-ephedrine, S-(+)-Nb-methyltryptophan methyl ester, hypaphorine, vasicinone, vasicinol, choline, and betaine. ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Hethutti, Bili kurunthotti|ml=Vellooram, Velluram|sa=Bala, Batyalaka|ta=Mayir-manikham|te=chirubenda|hi=Bariar, Kungyi Khareti, Kharenti|en=Country mallow}} ==Habit=={{Habit|perennial shrub}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|alternate|stipulate|The leaves are alternate, stipulate, paripinnate compound, very numerous, closely placed, rachis 8.8-12.5 cm long, narrowly furrowed, slender, pubescent, with an erect linear gland between the leaflets of each pair, leaflets 16-24, very shortly stalked 2-2.5 cm long 1-1.3 cm broad, slightly overlapping, oval oblong, obtuse, at both the ends}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|bisexual|2.5 cm long|bright yellow|5-20|The racemes are few-flowered, short, erect, crowded in axils of upper leaves so as to form a large terminal inflorescence stamens barren; the ovary is superior, unilocular, with marginal ovules.}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|short legume|7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|oblong, obtuse, tipped with long style base, flat, thin, papery, undulately crimpled, pilose, pale brown.|12-20 seeds}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Plants reach about 3 m height with 3.5 cm stem diameter in 2 years, in 4 years about 5 m height and 7 cm stem diameter. Flowering and fruiting is almost throughout the year, but in India there are usually two main flowering periods, one in the early monsoon and another in the late monsoon.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

'''Sida cordifolia''' or '''Bala''' is a plant. The seeds and root are used to make medicine. Sida cordifolia contains ephedrine==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tropical}}, which is an amphetamine-like stimulant that can cause harmful side effects. ... Some people use Sida cordifolia as a stimulant{{Commonly seen|Subtropical plains}}, painkiller, and tonic; and to increase urine production and raise sexual arousal{{Commonly seen|Sandy soil}}.

Sida cordifolia is used in [[Ayurvedic medicine]] (Sanskrit:-BALA). Known as ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="malva blanca140px", it is a plant used in Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of inflammation of the oral mucosa, blenorrhea, asthmatic bronchitis and nasal congestion.<ref nameheights="uses140px"/>File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg

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