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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Plilea microphylla - (L.) Lib
Family
Urticaceae
Common Name
Aluminium plant
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Pilea muscosa Lindl.
Habitat
Moist - shady places
Color Of Flower
Pink
Key Characters
Leaves very small, up to 0.6 cm entire usually sessile.
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Monochlamydae
 
Series :
Unisexuales
 
Order :
Plant Description

Trailing, slender, perennial, succulent herb; stem glabrous, much branched; petioles and leaves variable, opposite in unequal pairs; inflorescence axillary, umbellate cyme; flowers minute, in pairs; flower buds pear shaped, corymbiform, subapically corniculate; perianth lobes-4, rarely-3, connate into a cupular; stamens 4, inflaxed in bud; pistallode conic or oblong, anthers often red; female flowers; subsessile, perianth lobes-3, minute, unequal, persistent; ovary straight, oblong, stigma sessile, penicillate; achenes ellipsoid, compressed; seed erect, with scanty albumen.

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