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Pilea wightii
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Pilea wightii Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 4, 1: 186. 1854; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 455. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1379(964). 1928; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 74. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 386. 1998.
Pilea radicans Wight, Ic. t. 1974. 1853, non Wedd. 1852.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Valiyanarali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender herbs, glabrous. Leaves 1-3 x 1-2 cm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, acute, subcordate at base, crenate, 3-ribbed; petiole 2-4 cm long. Female cymes 1-2 cm across, shortly peduncled, branches pink; perianth lobes curved, smooth. Achenes 0.5 x 0.5 mm, biconvex, smooth or tubercled.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mlappara
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