• Family : URTICACEAE
  (Nettle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : URTICACEAE
• Basionym : Urtica interrupta L.
• Synonym(s) : Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaudich.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
• Vernacular name : Panche rangi (Kannada); Godobichuati (Oria); Lala-cichua (Hindi); Anachorian, Choriyanum, Chenthotti (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Introduced to gardens
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Cuttack district, Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Gajapati district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
• World Distribution : Africa, Abyssinia, Sri lanka, India, Japan, China through Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands
• 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; 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; 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=Laportea interrupta. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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