Procris crenata C.B.Rob.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Elatostema gagnepainianum H.Schroet.; Elatostema wightianum Wedd.; Pellionia procridioides Gagnep.; Procris lagunensis C.B.Rob.; Procris philippinensis C.B.Rob.; Procris rhizantha Gagnep.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Procris crenata C.B.Rob.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Parampu, Tambu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Shola, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 1200m, in sholas. Sometimes epiphytic
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs, up to 1 m high; Leaves obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, distantly crenate; Flowers greenish in small, fleshy, clustered cymes; Achenes ovoid, compressed, striate.
  • Flower, Fruit : May- February
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Bhutan, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Bhutan, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 423
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Procris crenata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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