Laportea schomburgkii W.Bull

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Laportea schomburgkii W.Bull
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Grown in gardens for it’s ornamental leaves
  • Key identification features : Leaves large, showy with purplish rib and veins variegated, sometimes one-half being creamy white
  • Native : Polynesia
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.927. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Laportea schomburgkii. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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