Pilea bracteosa Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Adicea bracteosa (Wedd.) Kuntze; Adicea obliqua (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Adicea oxydon Kuntze; Pilea bracteosa var. striolata Hand.-Mazz.; Pilea obliqua Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pilea bracteosa Wedd.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Leaves are cooked as vegetable.
  • Key identification features : Herbs or undershrubs, 30-60 cm high; Leaves elliptic, ovate, caudate-acuminate, serrate; Flowers in cymes, peduncles slender; Achenes straight, smooth or obscurely ridged.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- November
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • 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=Pilea bracteosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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