Elatostema integrifolium (D.Don) Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Subfamily : Urticaceae
  • Basionym : Procris integrifolia D.Don
  • Synonym(s) : Elatostema cuspidiferum Miq.; Elatostema miquelianum Wedd.; Elatostema pulgarense Elmer; Elatostema sesquifolium (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.; Elatostema viridicaule W.T.Wang; Elatostema zollingerianum Wedd.; Procris piperifolia Wall.; Procris sesquifolia Reinw. ex Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elatostema integrifolium (D.Don) Wedd.
  • Habit : Subshrub
  • Habitat : Warm broadleaved forest; 900 - 1600 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Valley forests, stream sides
  • Key identification features : Herbs or undershrubs, up to 1 m high; stems woody, branching; Leaves oblong-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, entire, coriaceous; Flowers from each node, white; Achenes minute, turgid, ellipsoid, ribbed.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Philippines, Solomon Islands
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 218
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 119
    • 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 integrifolium. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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