- Family : URTICACEAE
(Nettle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
- Subfamily : Urticaceae
- Synonym(s) : Boehmeria sanguinea (Blume) Hassk.; Urtica sanguinea Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pouzolzia sanguinea (Blume) Merr.
- Common name : Red-Stem Pouzolz's Bush
- Vernacular name :
- Osik (Adi)
- Khupnal (Mizo)
- Ari-arong (Tangkhul)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forests, amongst scrub in dry valleys, edges of woods, roadsides; 300 - 2300 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Erect herbs or undershrubs; bark brownish; Leaf blade lanceolate to ovate, 3-19 × 1.5-6 cm, margin with 8-19 teeth on each side; apex acuminate; Flowers in axillary clusters, greenish white; Achenes ovoid.
- Flower, Fruit : June-August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 219
- GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 128
- 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 sanguinea. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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