Urticaceae FAMILY

Pilea hydrocotyliflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Although a member of the stinging nettle family (Urticaceae), members of this genus do not have stinging hairs[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Pilea hydrocotyliflora is an evergreen, perennial plant producing unbranched stems 60 - 90cm tall[ 871 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 26 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institution; Washington Year 1940 ISBN Description A botanical Journal, it includes a treatment of the Lecythidaceae. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela.

HabitatAn understorey plant in dense primary forest and also in more open, secondary formations[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].