Elatostema sikkimense C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elatostema sikkimense C.B.Clarke
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Herbs, 25-75 cm high; Leaves falcate-oblong, acuminate, serrate; Receptacles pinkish green with male flowers above or dioecious; bracts confluent, 2 outer produced into long laterally flattened spurs; Achenes fusiform, ribbed.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- July
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bhutan
  • 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: 416
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elatostema sikkimense. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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