Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Adicea herniarioides (Sw.) Small |
synonym | Adicea microphylla (L.) Kuntze |
synonym | Adike allophyla Rafin. |
synonym | Chamaecnide microphylla (L.) Nees ex Miq. |
synonym | Dubrueilia microphylla (L.) Gaud. |
synonym | Parietaria microphylla L. |
synonym | Pilea aripoensis Britton |
synonym | Pilea callitrichoides Schltdl. |
synonym | Pilea herniarifolia Bl. |
synonym | Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides (Sw.) Griseb. |
synonym | Pilea muscosa Lindl. |
synonym | Pilea peperomifolia Liebm. |
synonym | Pilea portula Liebm. |
synonym | Pilea portulacina (Spreng.) Bl. |
synonym | Pilea tenerrima Miq. |
synonym | Pilea trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl. |
synonym | Urtica microphylla (L.) Sw. |
synonym | Urtica portulacina Spreng. |
synonym | Urtica portulacoides Spreng. |
synonym | Urtica trianthemoides Sw. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Slender succulent herbs; branches and leaves bifarious; stem transparent. Leaves to 4 x 3 mm, ovate-orbicular, base attenuate, apex obtuse, subsucculent, 1-nerved; raphides transverse; petiole to 1 mm long. Flowers monoecious in small umbellate clusters, 1-1.5 mm across. Male flowers: tepals 4, free, concave, obtuse; stamens 4. Female flowers: tepals connate, 2-4-toothed; ovary c. 0.5 mm long, ovoid, 1-celled; ovule 1. Achene c. 1 mm long, ellipsoid.
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains to High Altitude, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist places
Grown as garden plant, often found as an escape
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 |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya; South Africa
Local Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
South America; now introduced into other tropical regions
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: Ahemdnagar, Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Coorg, Mysore, Shimoga
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4723
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4723 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- 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=4723
- Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm., Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 5:296. 1851; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1379(965). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 279. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 384. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 360. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 440. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 376. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 764. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 438. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 358. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 304. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 644. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 472. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 655. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 762. 2009.
- Parietaria microphylla L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10):1308. 1759.
- Pilea muscosa (L.) Lindl., Coll. Bot. t. 4. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 551. 1888.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- 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=4723
- Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm., Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 5:296. 1851; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1379(965). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 279. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 384. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 360. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 440. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 376. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 764. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 438. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 358. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 304. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 644. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 472. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 655. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 762. 2009.
- Parietaria microphylla L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10):1308. 1759.
- Pilea muscosa (L.) Lindl., Coll. Bot. t. 4. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 551. 1888.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Rosales |
Family | Urticaceae |
Genus | Pilea |
Species | Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. |
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