Elatostema cuneatum

Elatostema cuneatum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2094, f. 3 1853. (Syn: Elatostema approximatum Wedd.; Elatostema densiflorum Franch. & Sav.; Elatostema densiflorum Franch. & A. Sav.; Elatostema nipponicum Makino [Invalid]; Elatostema webbianum Wedd.);

Erect, simple, annual herbs; stems 3-angular, short- hairy towards the apex. Leaves subsessile, accrescent upwardly, often with a smallest opposite leaf, 0.7-4 x 0.5-2 cm, falcate-cuneate to obovate, with a narrowed, entire base, obtuse or acute, crenate-serrate in the upper part, ciliate, glabrous or thinly hairy, with linear cystoliths; stipules minute, ovate, acute. Male flowers: heads in the axils of upper leaves; pedicels 0.15-0.18 cm long. Perianth- segments ovate, obtuse, glabrous, 0.05-0.07 cm long. Stamens 4; filaments 0.08 cm long. Female flowers: heads 0.3-0.6 cm across, with a few female flowers in the centre; involucral bracts 2-4; outer ones ovate, acuminate; inner ones ovate-oblong, rounded, ciliate; bracteoles spathulate, 0.2 cm long. Perianth with a 3-4-dentate mouth. Achenes reddish brown, ovoid-ellipsoid, 0.04-0.05 cm long.

Flowering and fruiting: August-July

Growing on rocks along water courses

Indo-Malesia

(from India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

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SGNP, Aug 2014 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: ARKAUG-19 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Requesting to please ID this plant captured at Kanheri Caves, SGNP in Aug 2014.

Lecanthus peduncularis and Utricularia striatula

The first plant looks like a species of Elatostema [possibly E.cuneatum] to me. Unfortunately cannot find the link to my photographs of this in the archives of this group. Perhaps … could oblige.

you may well be right. I saw lots of Lecanthus at the weekend at Matheran and didn’t look closely to see the difference here.

Managed to find the link. This was identified by … Google Groups

Thanks, …, yes, that is the same plant.

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ANDEC70 Please identify this lithophytic herb : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
I had earlier seen these in Coorg and Chikamagalur (Karnataka) but both the times I only got blurry shots.
This particular one was shot in Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala.
Can it be an Urticaceae member?
Shot in November 2014

One more photo-

Please check Elatostema cuneatum of Urticaceae

It matches. Thank you very much.

PR-01-22092018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)
Plants from Gujarat

Found in dry deciduous forest

About 300 m

It May be Elatostema sp from Urticaceae

Need confirmation of species

Elatostema cuneatum Wight [Urticaceae].

thanks a lot. Its confirm or may be

at Shahapur near Bombay– Sept’10?;

Elatastemma sp. – efloraofindia | Google Groups

Please identify this small herb – NS1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups

Names of Plants in India :: Elatostema cuneatum Wight: 1 image.
Elatostema cuneatum Wight

ee-lay-toh-STEM-uh — Greek: elatos (driving or striking); stema (stamen), referring to the stamens springing up … Dave’s Botanary
kew-nee-AH-tum or kew-nee-AY-tum — wedge-shaped … Dave’s Botanarycommonly known as: wedge-shaped soft nettle • Konkani: पाथोर पाल्लो pathor pallo • Marathi: खडक पालक khadak palak • Tawang Monpa tribe: chulukpa

botanical names: Elatostema cuneatum Wight … synonyms: Elatostema approximatum Wedd. • Elatostema densiflorum Franch. & Sav. • Elatostema nipponicum Makino • Elatostema webbianum Wedd. • Procris approximata Wall. … POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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wedge-shaped soft nettle

name given for want of specific common name
wedge-shaped – derived from the epithet cuneatum, in context of leaf shape — … Dave’s Botanary
soft nettle = non-stinging nettle, most of Elatostema spp. are wild edible plants … Upadhyay, Ashutosh & Gogoi, Rajib & Mitra, Prashanta. (2021). Ethnobotany of Elatostema J.R. Forster & G. Forster (Urticaceae). Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 21. 1-24. 10.32859/era.27.01.1-24.

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पाथोर पाल्लो pathor pallo

name given for want of name … पाथोर pathor = stone; पाल्लो pallo = greens … for the plant’s lithophytic habit and for being edible greens

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

खडक पालक khadak palak

name given for want of name … खडक पालक khadak palak = rock spinach … for the plant’s lithophytic habit and for being consumed by tribal folks, as edible greens

~~~~~ Tawang Monpa tribe ~~~~~

chulukpa

Jambey Tsering, BJ Gogoi, Pallabi K Hui N Tam & Hui Tag – Ethnobotanical appraisal on wild edible plants used by the Monpa community of Arunachal Pradesh. IJTK Vol.16 (4), October 2017, pp. 626-637

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Sighted at Yeoor Hills

ID courtesy: P B Singh

Names compiled / updated at
dineshvalke.blogspot

SK 2978 21 September 2021: 8 very high res. images.
Location: Dailekh, West Nepal
Altitude: 711 m.
Date: 14 August 2021
Habit : Wild
Elatostema … ???