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Pilea angulata
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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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.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles
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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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