- Family : URTICACEAE
(Nettle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
- Synonym(s) : Hyrtanandra hirta (Blume) Miq.; Pouzolzia hirta (Blume) Hassk.; Pouzolzia hirta var. typica Domin; Urtica hirta Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gonostegia hirta (Hassk.) Miq.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Decumbent herbs
- Key identification features : Shrubs, 1-2 m high; Leaves lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers brownish in axillary, sessile clusters with strigose, grey, hooked hairs; Achenes ellipsoid, dull black.
- Flower, Fruit : June-September
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Literature :
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
- Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 261
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 416-417
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pouzolzia hirta. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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