• Family : URTICACEAE
  (Nettle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : URTICACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Elatostema monandrum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Elatostema monandrum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : On moss covered rocks in damp and shaded places in Evergreen forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Dhenkanal district, Sambalpur district, Bargarh district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; 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 surculosum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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