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	<div>cetera) (Argueta et al. 1994,615*).</div>		<div>cetera) (Argueta et al. 1994,615*).</div>

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<div>This prostrate or sometimes bushy plant with</div>
<div>yellow flowers is found in the tropical zones of</div>
<div>Central and South America. The Cuna Indians</div>
<div>(Darien, Panama) esteem the plant, which they</div>
<div>call kwala, as a "mystical medicine" (Duke 1975,</div>
<div>292). A tea made from the leaves is consumed in</div>
<div>Bangladesh to help induce sleep (Ott 1993,419).</div>
<div>Among the Maya, this species is known as</div>
<div>chichibeh ("the little one on the path"). On the</div>
<div>Mexican Gulf Coast, its leaves, like those of the</div>
<div>closely related Sida rhombifolia 1., are smoked as a</div>
<div>marijuana substitute (see Cannabis indica). The</div>
<div>two species are known locally as el macho, "the</div>
<div>male" (S. rhombifolia) , and la hembra, "the female"</div>
<div>(S. acuta) (Schultes and Hofmann 1980, 347).</div>
<div>Both of these Sida species apparently contain</div>
<div>ephedrine (Schultes and Hofmann 1992, 56).</div>
<div>When drying, the herbage of Sida acuta exudes a</div>
<div>distinct aroma of coumarin. The leaves are said to</div>
<div>contain saponins. Several studies of Caribbean</div>
<div>and Philippine specimens of Sida acuta have</div>
<div>demonstrated the presence of asparagine and</div>
<div>ephedrine in the roots (Wong 1976, 132). The</div>
<div>alkaloids choline, pseudoephedrine, f3-phenethylamine,</div>
<div>vasicine, vascicine, vasinole, and vasicinone</div>
<div>have been found in all parts of Sida</div>
<div>rhomb~folia. The stem contains the indole alkaloids</div>
<div>hipaphorine, hipaphorine methylester, and cryptolenine.</div>
<div>The leaves contain traces of an essential oil.</div>
<div>The seeds contain sesquiterpenes (gosipol, et</div>
<div>cetera) (Argueta et al. 1994,615).</div>