Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Urticaceae > Pilea > P. microphylla

Description: Slender succulent herbs; branches and leaves bifarious; stem transparent. Leaves to 4 x 3 mm, ovate-orbicular, base attenuate, apex obtuse, subsucculent, 1-nerved; raphides transverse; petiole to 1 mm long. Flowers: monoecious in small umbellate clusters, 1-1.5 mm across. Male flowers: tepals 4, free, concave, obtuse; stamens 4. Female flowers: tepals connate, 2-4-toothed; ovary c. 0.5 mm long, ovoid, 1-celled; ovule 1. Achene c. 1 mm long, ellipsoid.

Flowering and Fruiting : August to November

Uses : Folk medicine

Cultivated : wild and common

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org