Elatostema cuneatum Wight

Herbs dioecious, 2.5-5 cm tall. Stems erect, simple, crispately pubescent. Leaves alternate; nanophylls 3-5 mm. stipules narrowly triangular, 1-1.5 × 0.4-0.5 mm, glabrous, without cystoliths; petiole 0-1 mm; leaf blade obliquely rhombic-obovate, 1-3.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, thinly herbaceous, major basal lateral veins both arising at base of leaf blade, abaxial surface puberulent along nerves, adaxial surface sparsely strigillose, cystoliths conspicuous or obscure, sparse; base with broader half rounded, margin dentate with 2-5 teeth, apex acute or obtuse. Female inflorescences solitary, 2-4 mm in diam., sessile; receptacle 2.5-4 mm in diam.; bracts triangular; bracteoles spatulate-linear. Achenes ovoid, 8-ribbed. Fl. Jun-Jul.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in shaded places in the lowlands. It also grows between 1,200-1,400 m above sea level in southern China. And to 1,600 m above sea level in Northeastern India. In Yunnan.

The young leaves are cooked and eaten. They are leached.

Plants can be grown from seed sown directly where they are to grow.