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Ayam woodnettle (Laportea interrupta)

Dlium Ayam woodnettle (Laportea interrupta)

Ayam woodnettle (Laportea interrupta) is a species of plant in the Urticaceae, annual shrub, stems erect, reddish in color with linear lines, the entire plant is tightly covered with hairs up to 1 mm long and white.

L. interrupta has an erect stem, straight, cylindrical, red with linear lines and filled with white hairs. The leaves grow opposite and have long stalks, cylindrical and reddish green in color.



Leaf blade heart-shaped or broad oblong, base flat, pointed tip, margin serrated, many veins and pinnate, wavy surface, upper side green, underside pale.

The flowers grow in panicles at the time of the leaves and are lined up on long stalks. Woodnettle chickens grow in forests, agricultural lands, abandoned places, open places with lots of sunlight in tropical climates.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Urticeae
Genus: Laportea Gaudich. in Voy. Uranie: 498 (1830)
Species: Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew in Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 200 (1965)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Tragia interrupta (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 883 (1826)
Boehmeria interrupta (L.) Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 340 (1805)
Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaudich. in Voy. Uranie: 497 (1830)
Fleurya spicata var. interrupta (L.) Wedd. ex Seem. in Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 259 (1861)
Schychowskya interrupta (L.) W.Wight in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 371 (1905)
Urtica interrupta L. in Sp. Pl.: 985 (1753)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Boehmeria javanica (Blume) Hassk. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 79 (1844)
Boehmeria spicata (Gaudich.) Endl. in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 165 (1836)
Fleurya glomerata Gaudich. (1830)
Fleurya spicata Gaudich. (1830)
Urtica affinis Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beechey Voy.: 69 (1832)
Urtica capitata Blanco in Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 483 (1845)
Urtica gaudichaudii Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 734 (1841)
Urtica hastata J.R.Forst. ex Spreng. (1826)
Urtica inermis Spreng. (1826)
Urtica javanica Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 503 (1826)
Urtica lomatocarpa Hochst. ex Steud. in Flora 33: 260 (1850)
Urtica racemosa Gaudich. (1830)
Urtica sessiliflora Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 696 (1837)
Urtica sessilifolia Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 105 (1856)
Urtica spicigera Steud. (1841)

PUBLICATIONS

Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.

Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.

Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Florence, J. (1997). Flore de la Polynésie Française 1: 1-393. IRD editions, Paris.

Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.

Friis, I. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Urticaceae: 1-64.

George, A.S. (ed.) (1989). Flora of Australia 3: 1-219. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.

Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.

Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

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VERNACULAR NAME

Assamese: Dam-chorat, Termei, Tinipotia
Bengali: লাল-বিচুটি Lal-bichuti
Chinese (simplified): 红小麻
Chinese (traditional): 桑葉麻 - 紅小麻
English: Ayam woodnettle, Hen's nettle, Stinging nettle, Hawaii woodnettle
Hindi: लाला-सिछुआ - बिचाटा - बिछुआ - बिछुटी Lala-cichua, Bichata, Bichua,
Bichuti
Hong Kong: 紅小麻
Indonesian: Jelatang ayam, Pulus hayam
Japanese: アコウクワクサ
Java: Latang
Kannada: Panche rangi, Pancharangi
Kokborok: Phereijang
Konkani: Redi khatkhutli
Malayalam: Anachorian, Choriyanum, Chenthotti, Anakkodithoova,
Choriyanam, Kuppathoova
Marathi: Aagya
Odia: Bichhuati
Oria: Godobichuati
Tamil: பெருங்கஞ்சொரி Peru-n-kanchori
Thai: ตำแย
Tulu: Aakire
Urdu: بچھاتا - بچھوا - بچھوٹی Bichata, Bichua, Bichuti

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