Description:
Euphorbiaceae (castor, euphorbia, or spurge family) »
Tragia involucrata TRAY-gee-uh -- the Latinized name of Hieronymus Bock, 15th century German herbalist in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tuh -- having an involucre.. refers to the bract around each flower commonly known as: canchorie root-plant, climbing nettle, climbing nettle mercury, Indian stinging nettle • Assamese: dumuni chorat • Bengali: বিছুটি bichuti • Hindi: बढन्त barhanta, पीत पर्णी pit parni • Kannada: ತುರಿಕೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ turike balli • Malayalam: കൊടിത്തൂവ kodithoova, കൊടുത്തൂവ koduthoova • Marathi: आग पान aag paan, आग्या aagya, कळलावी kallaavi, लघुमेडशिंगी laghumedhshingi • Nepalese: उट कटेरी ut kateri • Oriya: kasalakku • Sanskrit: आगमावर्ता aagmavarta, दुःस्पर्ष duhsparsha, कषाग्निः kashagnih, वृश्चिकाच्छद vrischikacchad, वृश्चिकाली vrischikali, वृश्चिकापत्री vrischikapatri • Tamil: காஞ்சொறி kanchori • Telugu: తేలుకొండిచెట్టు telukondicettu Native to: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka References:
Flowers of India •
Dhaarrii •
ENVIS - FRLHT • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by S. Ingalhalikar. Date: 8 October 2011, 08:46. Source:
Climbing Nettle. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
18° 37′ 33.98″ N, 73° 23′ 08.17″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 18.626105; 73.385602.