Sida javensisCav.

WFO wfo-0000501921 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Sida javensis, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2020-10-23 / obs. 105019264
Sida javensis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. b Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60435377
Sida javensis, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 105019265
Sida javensis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. d Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60435379

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Sida javensis is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Taiwan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Vietnam AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicDR CongoEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigeriaSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaTaiwanIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaVietnam
Native distribution of Sida javensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Vietnam VIE
Taiwan TAI ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sida pilosa Retz.
  • Sida veronicifolia var. javensis (Cav.) Baker f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.