Pilea melastomoides

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

(From India Biodiversity Portal

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

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Shrub for id 131110MK2:

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.

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Shrub Id from Bangladesh SM031 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Melastomataceae ?

Habit: Undergrowth Shrub
Habitat : Hill forest, along the stream
Flowering: May
Location : Kaptai NP, Chittagong Hill tracts

Pilea 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.

363 ID wild plant Pouzolzia:
Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 03SEP2022, 10.50am
Habitat: wild moisture, shady dripping rocky
Plant habit: small shrub, erect/obliquely, branches, weak semi-fleshy green cylindrical glossy stem 13mm base diameter, annual
Height: 01.5 meters
Leaves: opposite, heart-shaped/elliptic, acute, size upto:13×6cm
Flower: axillary panicle racemose, clustered, micro sized, white, non fragrant
Fruit:
Seed: