- Family : URTICACEAE
(Nettle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
- Synonym(s) : Hyrtanandra hirta var. bennettiana (Wight) Thwaites; Memorialis hispida var. bennettiana (Wight) Wedd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gonostegia bennettiana (Wight) Pusalkar & Ingle
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1200m in marshy places.
- Key identification features : Prostrate herbs; stems pubescent; Leaves elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous, membranous; Flowers in axillary clusters, greenish white to creamy white; Fruits costate, winged.
- Flower, Fruit : March- September
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 24-11-2018
- Collection Nos : HJCb-1772
- Collection Locality : Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Pullaiah, Ali Moulali, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 2
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Herbarium specimen from Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 422
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pouzolzia bennettiana. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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