Pilea involucrata (Sims) C.H.Wright & Dewar

Friendship plant (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Pilea

Characteristics

An herb. It grows 0.8-1m high.
Life form -
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pilea involucrata unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77091436-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510037
COL ID 6VKFN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447656
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pilea litoralis Pilea chrysosplenioides Pilea involucrata Urtica simsii Adicea chrysosplenioides Urtica involucrata Pilea pubescens var. involucrata