Forget-me-not
Tragia involucrata
Also known as Indian Stinging Nettle
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About Forget-me-not
Tragia involucrata, the Indian stinging nettle, is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the most used species of Tragia in ethnomedicinal and ethnopharmacological applications.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tragia involucrata
- Genus
- Tragia
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Scrub forests and wastelands
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, China, Myanmar, Nepal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बढन्त Barhanta, पीत पर्णी Pit Parni, বিছুটি
- Nepali
- उट कटेरी Ut Kateri
- Bengali
- বিছুটি Bichuti, বিছুটি
- Tamil
- காஞ்சொறி Kanchori, செந்தட்டி Senthatti
- Kannada
- ತುರಿಕೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Turike Balli
- Malayalam
- ചൊറിയണം Coriyanam, Cherukodithuva, Choriyanam
- Marathi
- आग पान Aag Paan, आग्या Aagya, कळलावी Kallaavi
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Forget-me-not belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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