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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Tragia involucrata |
| Family name: |
EUPHORBIACEAE
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| English name: |
Indian Stinging Nettle
Climbing Nettle
Canchorie Root-plant
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| Sinhala name: |
Wel kahambiliya (වැල් කහඹිලියා)
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| Tamil name: |
Kanchori
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| Sanskrit name: |
Vrischikali
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Perennial, climbing or twining herb, hispid with stinging hairs, moecious; stem elongate slender. Leaves short-petiolate, lamina 4-7.5 x 0.7-1.5 cm, simple, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate-lanceolate. Inflorescences in terminal, axillary, androgynous racemes; racemes 1.5-3 cm long. Flowers apetalous. Fruit about 7 mm diameter. Seeds about 3 x 2.5 mm diameter, subglobose, greyis- brown with slight mottling.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Gonorrhoea
Eczemas
Headache
Ulcers
Boils
Alopecia
Bronchitis
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Roots
Seeds
Leaves
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Pacifies vitiated Tridosha
Febrifuge
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