Malvaceae

Prostrate ʻilima

Sida fallax Walp.

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sida

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Common names

By language (11)

Bulgarian: Сида фалакс
Chinese: 夏威夷黄花棯, 伊利玛, 夏威夷雞蛋花
English: Prostrate ʻilima, Yellow ʻilima, Yellow ‘ilima, ʻIlima, Golden mallow, Yellow ilima, ʻIlima papa
gil: Te kaura
Hawaiian: ʻilima, Ilima, ʻāpiki
Japanese: イリマ
mh: Kio
na: Idibin ekaura
root: ʻIlima papa
Russian: Сида фаллакс
tvl: Akatā

Synonyms

Anoda ovata Meyen
Sida diellii A.Gray
Sida fallax var. kauaiensis Hochr.
Sida ledyardii H.St.John
Sida meyeniana Walp.
Sida nelsonii H.St.John
Sida sandwicensis H.Lév.
Sida sertum Nutt. ex A.Gray

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.