Elatostema cuneatum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Elatostema cuneatum
Identify Elatostema cuneatum by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Urticaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Elatostema cuneatum.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elatostema cuneatum
- Genus
- Elatostema
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In damp and shaded places, often on rocks and steep slopes, also in sholas on wood
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesian region
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elatostema cuneatum itself; the rest are typical of the Urticaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Urticaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Elatostema cuneatum
A member of the Urticaceae family, Elatostema cuneatum is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat and 2 other states. It grows in in damp and shaded places, often on rocks and steep slopes, also in sholas on wood. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Elatostema cuneatum belongs to the Urticaceae family.
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