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Indian Climbing Nettle
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Indian Climbing Nettle
P Native Photo: Preetha P.S.
Common name: Indian Climbing Nettle, Indian stinging nettle • Assamese: Dumuni Chorat • Bengali: বিছুটি Bichuti • Hindi: बढन्त Barhanta, पीत पर्णी Pit Parni • Kannada: ತುರಿಕೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Turike Balli • Malayalam: ചൊറിയണം Coriyanam, Cherukodithuva, Choriyanam, Kodithoova, Kodithumba • Marathi: आग पान Aag Paan, आग्या Aagya, कळलावी Kallaavi, लघुमेडशिंगी Laghumedhshingi • Nepali: उट कटेरी Ut Kateri • Oriya: Kasalakku • Sanskrit: आगमावर्ता Aagmavarta, दुःस्पर्ष Duhsparsha, कषाग्निः Kashagnih, वृश्चिकाच्छद Vrischikacchad • Tamil: காஞ்சொறி Kanchori, செந்தட்டி Senthatti • Telugu: తేలుకొండిచెట్టు Telukondicettu, Duradagunda aaku
Botanical name: Tragia involucrata    Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Croton urens, Tragia trifida, Tragia cordata
Indian Climbing Nettle is a slender, twining herb with stinging hairs. Leaves are 6-10 x 3-5.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, base pointed or rounded, margin sawtoothed, tip tapering, bristly on both sides; leaf-stalk up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are borne in spikes in leaf-axils, monoecious, up to 2 cm long. Male flowers are above, female flowers 1-2, at the base. Male flowers are about 1.5 mm across; bracts spoon-shaped; tepals 3, spreading; stamens 3, anthers nearly stalkless. Female flowers are about 3 mm across, without bracts; tepals 6, about 1 mm long, ovate-lanceshaped, enlarged and spreading in fruits; style 3, spreading. Capsule is about 0.6 x 1 cm, 3-lobed, bristly, seeds spherical. Indian Climbing Nettle is found in the Indian Subcontinent.
Medicinal uses: It is a medicinal plant, which has been used for centuries in Sri Lankan Traditional Medicine as well as in the Ayurveda medical system .
Identification credit: Preetha P.S. Photographed in Kollam,Kerala.
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