Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Urticaceae > Pouzolzia > P. zeylanica

Description: Slender procumbent herbs. Leaves alternate, 1.5-3 x 1-2 cm, ovate-elliptic, base rounded, apex acute, sparsely strigose, membranous, lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, basal pair opposite; petiole to 2 cm long. Flowers in axillary, subsessile clusters. Male flowers: 3-4 mm across; tepals 4, 1.5-2 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, sparsely villous; stamens 4, filaments c. 2 mm long. Female flowers: tepals connate; style linear c. 2 mm long, thinly pubescent. Achenes 2-winged.

Flowering and Fruiting : August to December

Uses: Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine

Cultivation : wild and common

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org