Urticaceae FAMILY

Pouzolzia zeylanica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pouzolzia zeylanica is a perennial herb growing 12 - 40cm tall from a rootstock that is often tuberous[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant usually has few if any branches and is erect or ascending, rarely prostrate in habit[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The edible leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild for local use, the plant has a number of local medicinal uses and is also the source of a fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar through southeast Asia to Australia and Polynesia.

HabitatGrasslands, thickets by streams, wet places, sunny and somewhat moist places by rice fields at elevations of 100 - 800 metres, occasionally to 1,300 metres, in southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Dry, open, rocky places in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].