• Family : URTICACEAE
  (Nettle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : URTICACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Elatostema cuneatum Wight
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : In damp and shaded places, often on rocks and steep slopes, also in sholas on wood
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Thrissur district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Bargarh district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Khurda district, Sambalpur district
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesian region
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elatostema cuneatum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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