Elatostema obtusum Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Subfamily : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dorstenia pubescens Blanco; Elatostema delicatulum Wedd.; Procris obtusa Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elatostema obtusum Wedd.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cool broad-leaved, Evergreen oak, Spruce and Hemlock forests, on shaded mossy banks, streamsides; 1500 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Stems crispately strigose, Leaves with 1- 4 blunt teeth or entire, obtuse or subacute
  • Flower, Fruit : May-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • 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: 121
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 415
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elatostema obtusum. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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