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(1) Sida cordifolia Linn. (Bpn, guḍūcyādivarga 142-143; Bt.; CD, p.
214-215; Dgv, nr. 51; DGV 2-3, p. 654-655; DGV 5, p. 211; Dha.nigh., ed.
Ojhā, 1, 280; Dha.nigh., ed. P.V. Sharma, 1, 270; DEP 6, 2, p. 680; Dutt;
Gul.; HK; Kai.Nigh., oṣadhivarga 1051-1052; KB 1, p. 312-313; Kaviratna;
Na 1, nr. 56; Nadk. 1, nr. 2297; K.V. Nair et al. in ASL 4, 1, 1984, p. 64; PA
1, 5, p. 93-95; Raison; V. 3, p. 38; VG; Vśs; MW; PW) = S. althaeifolia
Swartz (Nadk. 1, nr. 2297; PA 1, 5, p. 93; see Hooker 1, p. 324) = S. herbacea
Cav. (Nadk. 1, nr. 2297; PA 1, 5, p. 93; see Hooker 1, p. 324) = S. rotundifo-
lia Cav. (Nadk. 1, nr. 2297; PA 1, 5, p. 93; see Hooker 1, p. 324);
(2) S. acuta Burm.f. (Bt.; Chopra; DGV 2-3, p. 654-655; KB 1, p. 308-309;
Na 1, nr. 56; Nadk. 1, nr. 2295; K.V. Nair et al. in ASL 4, 1, 1984, p. 64;
PA 1, 5, p. 96-99) = S. carpinifolia Mast. in parte, non Linn.f. (DEP 6, 2,
p. 679: S. carpinifolia Linn.; KB 1, p. 308-309: S. carpinifolia Linn. f.;
PA 1, 5, p. 96: S. carpinifolia Linn.; see Hooker 1, p. 323 and WIRM 9, p.
322 on the nomenclature) = S. lanceolata Roxb. (PA 1, 5, p. 96: S. lanceo-
lata Willd. Retz.; see Hooker 1, p. 323);
(3) S. rhombifolia Linn. (KB 1, p. 310-312; Na 1, nr. 56; Nadk. 1, nr.
2300; K.V. Nair et al. in ASL 4, 1, 1984, p. 64; PA 1, 5, p. 81-84);
a) S. rhombifolia Linn. var. retusa Mast. (PA 1, 5, p. 77-80) =
S. retusa Linn. (K.V. Nair et al. in ASL 4, 1, 1984, p. 64; PA 1, 5,
p. 77) = S. chinensis Retz. (PA 1, 5, p. 77) = S. philippica DC.
(PA 1, 5, p. 77; see Hooker 1, p. 324);
b) S. rhombifolia Linn. var. rhomboidea (Roxb.) Mast. (PA 1, 5,
p. 85-88) = S. orientalis Cav. (PA 1, 5, p. 85) = S. rhomboidea Roxb.
(Na 1, nr. 56; PA 1, 5, p. 85; see Hooker 1, p. 324);
(4) S. spinosa Linn. (Bt.; DGV 2-3, p. 654-655);
(5) S. veronicaefolia Lam. (Na 1, nr. 56). [Page-462+ 33]
See on balā also Ronald E. Emmerick, Arsenic and Sida, in Les méde-
cines traditionnelles de l’Asie, Actes du Colloque de Paris, 11-12 juin
1979, édition préparée par G. Mazars, Publication du Séminaire sur les
Sciences et les Techniques en Asie, Université Louis Pasteur, Stras-
bourg, 1981, p. 93-102.
(6) = sthūlavāṭyālaka (Vśs; possibly identical with mahābalā, be-
cause, according to Kai.Nigh., oṣadhivarga 1051cd, vāṭyālaka is a syno-
nym of balā);
(7) = viḍaṅga = viḍaṅgā: Embelia ribes Burm.f. (Vśs);
(8) = jayantī: Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. = S. aculeata Pers.
(Vśs);
(9) = vanajaśaṇavṛkṣa (Vśs: unidentified).

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