Kacchira / Ceylon Pouzolzia
Pouzolzia zeylanica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Assam & more
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Kacchira
Identify Kacchira 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 arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Urticaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kacchira.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pouzolzia zeylanica
- Genus
- Pouzolzia
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist and shaded places, often among bushes
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Malesia
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The plant features lance-shaped to rhomboid-ovate leaves that can be opposite or rarely alternate, and its rootstock is often tuberous.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The plant features lance-shaped to rhomboid-ovate leaves that can be opposite or rarely alternate, and its rootstock is often tuberous.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kacchira itself; the rest are typical of the Urticaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“This species, which grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes, reaches a height of 12–40 cm and is characterized by its pale green flowers arranged in loose, hairy clusters” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kacchira itself; the rest are typical of the Urticaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- बन पाते Ban Paate, बारबेरे Baarabere, चिप्ले झार Chiple Jhaar
- Bengali
- কুল্লারুকি Kullaruki
- Tamil
- கல்லுருக்கி Kallurukki, நீர்ச்சின்னி Nir-C-Cinni
- Telugu
- ఎద్దుముట్టె దుంప Eddu-Mutte Dumpa, ఉచ్చగడ్డ Vuchchagadda
- Kannada
- ಕಲ್ಲುರುಕ್ಕಿ Kallurukki
- Malayalam
- കൽച്ചീര Kacchira, കല്ലുരുക്കി Kallurukki, നെയ്ചീര Neychira
- Marathi
- सिंहल पूझोल Sinhal Pouzol
About Kacchira
Ceylon Pouzolzia (Pouzolzia zeylanica) belongs to the Urticaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and 13 other states. It grows in moist and shaded places, often among bushes. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Kacchira belongs to the Urticaceae family.
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