Elatostema hookerianum Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Elatostema subfalcatum W.T.Wang
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elatostema hookerianum Wedd.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Annual, fleshy herbs, 50 cm 1.5 m high; Leaves falcately oblong-lanceolate, auricled at base, caudate-acuminate, serrate; Flowers in clusters, pink, white or yellowish; Achenes ellipsoid, ribbed.
  • Flower, Fruit : November- January
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • P. Singh, K. Karthigeyan, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S.S. Dash. 2015, Endemic vascular plants of India
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 413
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elatostema hookerianum. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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