Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn. & R. Br.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Boehmeria alienata (L.) Willd. |
synonym | Boehmeria cochinchinensis Spreng. |
synonym | Boehmeria glochidiata Hassk. |
synonym | Boehmeria nana Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don |
synonym | Parietaria decaisnei Steud. |
synonym | Parietaria indica L. |
synonym | Parietaria oppositifolia F. Müll. |
synonym | Parietaria zeylanica L. |
synonym | Pentocnide glomerata (Klein ex Willd.) Rafin. |
synonym | Pouzolzia alienata (L.) Gaud. |
synonym | Pouzolzia arnhemica F. Müll. |
synonym | Pouzolzia bornensis Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia cochinchinensis (Spreng.) Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia diffusa Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia forsteniana Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia glochidiata (Hassk.) Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia glomerata Decne. |
synonym | Pouzolzia heterophylla Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia indica (L.) Gaud. |
synonym | Pouzolzia indica alienata (L.) Wedd. |
synonym | Pouzolzia johnsoniana Wighl |
synonym | Pouzolzia microphylla Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia minor Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia muralis Miq. |
synonym | Pouzolzia nana (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia parietarioides Decne. |
synonym | Pouzolzia parva (Bl.) Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia pauciflora Benn. |
synonym | Pouzolzia pilosa Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia procumbens Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia prostrata Benn. |
synonym | Pouzolzia pyramidata Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia strigosa Hassk. |
synonym | Pouzolzia suffruticosa Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia tenuis Bl. |
synonym | Pouzolzia tetraptera Wight |
synonym | Pouzolzia trichophora Hohen. ex Wedd. |
synonym | Pouzolzia zeylanica var. alienata (L.) Sasaki |
synonym | Urtica alienata L. |
synonym | Urtica fruticosa Wight |
synonym | Urtica glomerata Klein ex Willd. |
synonym | Urtica parva Bl. |
synonym | Urtica repens Wall. |
synonym | Urtica strigosa Bl. |
synonym | Urtica suffruticosa Roxb. |
synonym | Urtica tenuis Steud. |
synonym | Urtica triplinervia Rottl. |
synonym | Urtica triplinervis Wall. |
synonym | Urtica villosa Blanco |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Slender procumbent herbs. Leaves alternate, 1.5-3 x 1-2 cm, ovate-elliptic, base rounded, apex acute, sparsely strigose, membranous, lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, basal pair opposite; petiole to 2 cm long. Flowers in axillary, subsessile clusters. Male flowers: 3-4 mm across; tepals 4, 1.5-2 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, sparsely villous; stamens 4, filaments c. 2 mm long. Female flowers: tepals connate; style linear c. 2 mm long, thinly pubescent. Achenes 2-winged.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbs perennial, erect or ascending, rarely prostrate, almost simple or few branched at base, 12-40 cm tall; rootstock often tuberous; branches sometimes with short branchlets, strigillose. Leaves often opposite, sometimes alternate on lower or upper stems; stipules triangular, 2-6 mm; petiole 0.2-1.8 cm; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, usually 1.2-9 × (0.6-)0.8-3 cm, smallest ones on short branchlets, herbaceous, secondary vein 1 or 2 pairs, abaxial surface sparsely or sometimes densely strigillose or strigose along veins, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely strigillose; base cuneate to rounded, rarely subcordate, margin entire, apex subobtuse, acuminate, or shortly so. Glomerules often bisexual, 2.5-5 mm in diam., bisexual ones in nodes of proximal leaves, female in distal axils; bracts triangular, 2-3 mm, ciliate. Male flowers: perianth lobes 4, narrowly oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, connate to middle, 1.2-1.5 mm, puberulent, apex acute or cuspidate. Female perianth tube ellipsoid or rhombic, 0.8-1 mm, 1.5-1.8 mm in fruit, puberulent, inconspicuously ca. 9-ribbed or 4-winged, apex 2-toothed. Achenes white, light to dark yellow or light brown, ovoid, 1-1.2 mm.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Moist Localities
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wastelands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Grasslands, thickets by streams, wet places, sunny and somewhat moist places by rice fields; 100-800(-1300) m.
Description
Global Distribution
Tropical Asia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
India, Indonesia, Japan, Kashmir, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia, Maldives, Polynesia, Yemen (Socotra); introduced in Africa and the New World
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Traditional chinese medicine
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2847
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2847 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Pouzolzia indica (L.) Gaud., Voy. Uranie 12: 503. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 581. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1382(967). 1928.
- Parietaria indica L., Mant. Pl. 1: 128. 1767.
- Parietaria zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. 1052. 1753.
- Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Bennett, Pl. Jav. Rar. 1: 67. 1838; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 280. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 385. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 361. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 265. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 441. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 377. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 766. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 457. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 439. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 359. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,19,39. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 422. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 298. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 654. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 387. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 306. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 646. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 473. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 655. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 763. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2847
Information Listing > References
- Pouzolzia indica (L.) Gaud., Voy. Uranie 12: 503. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 581. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1382(967). 1928.
- Parietaria indica L., Mant. Pl. 1: 128. 1767.
- Parietaria zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. 1052. 1753.
- Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Bennett, Pl. Jav. Rar. 1: 67. 1838; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 280. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 385. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 361. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 265. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 441. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 377. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 766. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 457. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 439. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 359. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,19,39. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 422. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 298. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 654. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 387. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 306. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 646. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 473. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 655. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 763. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2847
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Rosales |
Family | Urticaceae |
Genus | Pouzolzia |
Species | Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn. & R. Br. |
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