Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Basionym : Urtica bulbifera Siebold & Zucc.
  • Synonym(s) : Leportea terminalis Wight; Fleurya bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume ex Miq.; Urticastrum bulbiferum (Siebold & Zucc.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chenthatti, Choriyanam, Thoova (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, up to 1 m high, branched from ground level; stems spiny, stinging hairy; Leaves broadly ovate-acuminate, serrate; Male flowers in axillary cymes; female ones in subterminal panicles; Achenes conspicuously deflexed, tubercled.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Islands, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Islands, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 417
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Laportea bulbifera. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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