• Family : URTICACEAE
  (NETTLE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Urticaceae
• Species : Laportea interrupta
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
• Vernacular name : Lal Bichua (Hin.); Panche rangi (Kan.); Godobichuati (Ori.)
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Comments : Frequent in moist shaded localities in the forests and wayside.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Dhenkanal district, Sambalpur district, Cuttack district, Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Gajapati district, Koraput district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Africa, Abyssinia, Sri lanka, India, Japan, China, South-East Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S., 2008. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 5.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Laportea interrupta. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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