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  Pilea angulata
 
  Family: URTICACEAE
  Citation:  Pilea angulata Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2: 29. 1852. Pilea stipulata Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 443. 1928.
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  Description: Dioecious, gregarious, leafy herb; branchlets 4-angled. Leaves decussate, elliptic, to 9 x 5 cm, membranous, 3-nerved, base cuneate, margin serrate, apex acuminate; petiole to 6.5 cm; stipules foliaceous, (linear-)oblong, to 2.2 x 0.8 cm, base and apex rounded, subpersistent, intrapetiolar, completely fused to the apex. Cymes axillary, dichotomous, shorter than petioles. Staminate: Tepals 4, ovate, basally connate, gibbous. Stamens 4, inflexed in bud. Pistillate: Tepals 4, lanceolate, unequal. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, erect. Achene smooth.
  Habit: Herb
  Flowering & Fruiting: December-March
  District(s): Idukki
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  Habitat: Scrub jungles
  Distribution: Indo-Malesia
  Aquatic: No
  Epiphyte(s): No
  Saprophyte: No
  Stem parasite: No
  Root parasite: No
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  Weed: No
  Monocot/Dicot: Dicotyledonous Plants
  Exotic: No
  Garden: No
  Edible: No
  Vegetable: No
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