Tragia involucrata L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Tragia involucrata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tragia involucrata L.
  • Common name : Forget-me-not, Indian Stinging Nettle
  • Vernacular name : Vrischikali (San.); Barhanta (Hin.); Pachhirangi (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 12139, KFP 8270
  • Key identification features : An erect trailing or straggling, twining herbs or shrubs with stinging hairs. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, margin serrate. Flowers axillary, very small, pale yellow with 3 petals. Fruits 3-lobed hairy capsules. Calyx lobes accrescent and linear in fruit.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • Comments : The hairs on the plant cause skin irritation
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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