Nuriya / Climbing Wool-Plant
Aerva sanguinolenta
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- August-November
How to identify Nuriya
Identify Nuriya by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Reddish sap/tissue (sanguinolenta).
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/lance-shaped.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nuriya.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aerva sanguinolenta
- Genus
- Aerva
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nuriya itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nuriya itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- অষ্টমা বৈদ্য Astama Baidya, বিশল্যকৰণী Bishalyakarani
- Bengali
- নুরিয়া Nuriya
- Garo
- Phul-Anchi
- Gujarati
- કરાડીયા Karadiya, વેલારો Velaro
- Haryanvi
- बुई Bui
- Hindi
- नुरिया Nuriya, सफेद फुलीया Sufed Phulia
- Kachchhi
- બૂરજી વલ Boorji Val, ગોરખ વલ Gorakh Val
- Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ Dodda Hindi Gida, ನೆಲ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Nela Hindi Soppu
- Konkani
- व्हडलो तांडलो Vhadlo Tandlo
- Malayalam
- വള്ളിചെറൂള Vallicheroola
- Marathi
- कापूरलता Kapurlata
- Nepali
- अईतिनबोट Aitinbot
- Odia
- ବଡ ଚାଉଳଧୁଆ Bada Chauladhua, ନରିୟା Nariya
- Punjabi
- ਬੂਈ Bui
- Rabha
- Lalpata
- Tamil
- காட்டுப்பூளை Kattu-P-Pulai
- Telugu
- పురిటి తీగె Purititige, తెలగ పిండి Thelaga Pindi
About Nuriya
Climbing Wool-Plant (Aerva sanguinolenta) is a low shrub in the Amaranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Nuriya belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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