Pilea melastomoides (Poir.) Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 186 1854. (Syn: Adicea melastomodes (Poir.) Kuntze; Dubrueilia melastomoides (Poir.) Gaud.; Pilea cuneatifolia Yamam.; Pilea elongata (Bl.) Miq.; Pilea oreophila Bl.; Pilea ovatinucula Hayata; Pilea pellucida Bl.; Pilea trinervia (Roxb.) Wight (ambiguous synonym); Pilea trinervia Roxb. (ambiguous synonym); Urtica cataractae Steud.; Urtica elongata Bl.; Urtica gibbosa Zipp. ex Bl.; Urtica melastomoides Poir.; Urtica oreophila Miq.; Urtica peduncularis Sm.; Urtica trinervia Roxb.); China (SW-Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S-Yunnan), Taiwan, SE-Tibet, Java, India,
Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma], Philippines (Luzon) as per Catalogue of Life; Broad-leaved forests, shaded wet places by streams; 700-1800 m. SW Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, S Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam] as per Flora of China; Dioecious subshrubs, glabrous. Leaves to 19 x 9 cm, ovate, acuminate, rounded at base, serrate, 3-ribbed, nervules parallel, pubescent along nervules below; lineoles crowded; petiole unequal in opposite pairs, to 10 cm long. Male panicle 10 cm across, axillary; flowers sessile, 4 mm across; perianth lobes 4, ovate, acute; stamens 4. Female panicle 2 cm across, shortly peduncled. Flowers smaller than male flowers; perianth lobes 1 mm long, stigmas 3-fid. Achenes 1 mm across, biconvex. Flowering and fruiting: August-December Evergreen and shola forests Indo-Malesia
Kindly help to id this shrub found near a water-falls, at bear shola in Kodaikanal. The leaves are aromatic. Any possibilities for this to be a Urticaceae member? Date/Time- 06-11-2010 / 11:00 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPca.2200asl; Kodaikanal, TN Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- closer to water-falls Plant Habit-shrub Height/Length- 1 -2 m Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 12 x 5 cm Inflorescence Type/ Size- axillary; 5-7cm longer Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- greenish-yellow - I think you are correct ... as because the leaves imitates members of Melastomataceae - I agree. It is easy to identify Pilea melastomoides from the swollen internode shape (though not visible in the pics). I ll post some pics the sp collected from my study area. Shrub Id from Bangladesh SM031 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Melastomataceae ? Habit: Undergrowth Shrub Habitat : Hill forest, along the streamPilea trinervia Wt. Pilea melastomoides is Synonym ?
ANOCT37 Please identify this plant : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6). Chikamagalur-Kemmangudi Road 14th October 2014 I am not entirely certain about the habit of the plant, it could have been shrubby. It was growing along the road Must be some Pilea species (Urticaceae). Pilea melastomoides For me ... is right. References: |
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