Villebrunea integrifolia Gaud.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Celtis elongata Wall.; Oreocnide acuminata Kurz; Oreocnide integrifolia subsp. subglabra C.J.Chen; Urtica appendiculata Wall.; Urtica urophylla Wall. ex Blume; Villebrunea appendiculata Wedd.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oreocnide integrifolia (Gaudich.) Miq.
  • Common name : Risa
  • Vernacular name :
    • Brahma Kamoda (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : In deep ravines and glens in the hills of Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills to 1200m, in shade.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8091, KFP 11531, KFP 12176
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Wayanad district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district (Kalhandi district), Bhalupodar Valley (Koraput district)
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Tropical America, Myanmar, Indo-China, South China, Himalayas
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 418
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Villebrunea integrifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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