Common name
English: Boater bush
Mandarin: 蛇婆子 (she po zi)
English: Boater bush
Mandarin: 蛇婆子 (she po zi)
Kingdom: Plantae (2653)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2566)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2162)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Malvaceae (60)(family description)
Genus: Waltheria (2)
Epithet: indica L. (12)
Synonym: Waltheria africana K. Schum.
africana => of African origin
indica => from or referring in some way to India
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
Check for Waltheria indica at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI