Pilea plataniflora C.H.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Pilea

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, long stoloniferous, glabrous, dioecious or monoecious. Stems green blue when dry, 10-70 cm tall, woody at base, succulent distally, swollen between nodes. Stipules gradually deciduous, triangular, 1-2 mm, membranous; petiole often unequal in length, 0.5-7 cm; leaf blade dark green or green blue, ovate, lanceolate, or obovate-oblong, asymmetric, unequal or equal in size, 1-15 × 0.6-5 cm, thinly papery or submembranous, 3(or 5)-veined, lateral veins many, irregularly reticulate, external secondary veins anastomosing by margin, sometimes inconspicuous, cystoliths finely fusiform, conspicuous adaxially, base obliquely rounded or subcordate, sometimes cuneate, margin entire or sometimes undulate, apex shortly or long caudate-acuminate. Inflorescences solitary; male inflorescence a cymose panicle or racemelike, often longer than leaves; female cymes as long as or shorter than leaves, pedunculate. Male flower subsessile, in bud ca. 1.5 mm; perianth lobes 4; stamens 4; rudimentary ovary minute. Female flowers subsessile, ca. 0.5 mm; perianth lobes connate at base, subequal, abaxial lobe larger, subapically corniculate; staminodes 3, conspicuous, scale-like, rhombic-oblong. Achene brownish, ovoid, ca. 0.6 mm, compressed, slightly oblique at apex, verrucose. Fl. (Apr-)Jun-Sep, fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.7
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Pilea plataniflora world distribution map, present in China, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:855677-1
WFO ID wfo-0001223990
COL ID 77KF3
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Synonyms

Pilea kankaoensis Pilea minute-pilosa Pilea taitoensis Pilea plataniflora Pilea blinii Pilea dielsiana Pilea langsonensis Pilea petelotii Pilea plataniflora var. taitoensis