Chirita urticifolia D.Don

 
  • Family : GESNERIACEAE
    (Gesneria Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
  • Basionym : Henckelia urticifolia (D. Don) Dietrich, Chir
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Henckelia urticifolia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) A.Dietr.
  • Common name : Nettle Leaved Chirita
  • Vernacular name :
    • Aankle (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet shaded cliffs, rocks and banks in forest
  • Key identification features : Herbs, up to 1 m high; Leaves elliptic, pubescent; Flowers in axillary cymes, yellow or mauve, pubescent within; Capsules linear, up to 12 cm long.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 279
    • Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.2 (2):1320
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 231
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chirita urticifolia. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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