✿Urticaceae · Lecanthus
Bicchu / Stalked Dischead
Lecanthus peduncularis
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lecanthus peduncularis
- Genus
- Lecanthus
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bicchu 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.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बिच्छू bicchu
- Bengali
- তোড়া tora
- Marathi
- फूलपगडी phulapagadi
About Bicchu
A member of the Urticaceae family, Stalked Dischead (Lecanthus peduncularis) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and 8 other states. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to November.
Botanical family
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Bicchu belongs to the Urticaceae family.
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