Pouzolzia pentandra (Roxb.) Benn.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Basionym : Urtica pentandra Roxb.
  • Synonym(s) : Hyrtanandra pentandra (Roxb.) Miq.; Memorialis pentandra (Roxb.) Wedd.; Phenax pentandrus (Roxb.) Wedd.; Pouzolzia pentandra (Roxb.) Benn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gonostegia pentandra (Roxb.) Miq.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Piparisari (Hindi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along river banks
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Mandya district, Raichur district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Sambalpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalayas, India, China, Afghanistan, Java
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 422
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pouzolzia pentandra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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