Elatostema platyphyllum
Wedd.
Urticaceae
Elatostema ebracteatum W.T.Wang
Elatostema edule C.B.Rob.
Elatostema platyphylloides B.L.Shih & Yuen P.Yang
Common Name:
General Information
Elatostema platyphyllum is a perennial plant with erect, branched stems that become more or less woody; it can grow 100 - 150cm tall[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
Known Hazards
Unlike many other plants in the nettle family (Urticaceae), plants in this genus do not have stinging hairs[
694- Title
- Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6
- Publication
-
- Author
- Nicholson N. & H.
- Publisher
- Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales.
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9-78095894-3628
- Description
- Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph.
].
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
E. Asia - southern China, southern Japan, Nepal, Bhutan, northeast India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines
Habitat
Valley forests, shaded areas along streamsides; at elevations from 700 - 1,900 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 1.25 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Leaves - cooked. A nutritious vegetable, it is commonly consumed in parts of India[
1775- Title
- Trace elements and antioxidant activity of six wild edible plants that are widely consumed by ethnic tribes of Aruna
- Publication
- Indian J. Agric. Res., 52 (1) 2018 : 85-88
- Author
- Medak B. & Singha L.B.
- Website
- http://10.18805/IJARe.A-4755
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2018
- ISBN
- 0367-8245
- Description
-
].
Medicinal
The fresh root juice is drunk to induce vomiting[
513- Title
- Traditional Knowledge of Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh on Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Srivastava R.C.
- Publisher
- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.
- Year
- 2009 Vol. 8(2)
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Basic information on the plants that the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh use.
]
The young shoot is used to treat gastritis[
2143- Title
- Ethnomedicinal Plants of North-East India
- Publication
- Ethnobotany of India; Vol. 3; Northeast India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands pp 93-161, 2016
- Author
- Choudhury S.; Bahadue B. & Pullaiah T.
- Publisher
- Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
- 13: 978-1-77188-4
- Description
-
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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