Euphorbiaceae » Tragia involucrata


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commonly known as: canchorie root-plant, climbing nettle • Assamese: dumuni chorat • Bengali: বিছুটি bichuti • Hindi: बढन्त barhanta, पीत पर्णी pit parni • Kannada: ತುರಿಕೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ turike balli • Malayalam: ചൊറിയണം coriyanam • 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

near Lion's Point, Lonavala

Very interesting plant! I wonder how bad is the "sting" of this nettle. Prashant Awale also found it around the same time.
Amazing display of local names! Good show!
On the site now:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Climbing%20Nettle.html

Thank you very much, Tabish.

A local person told me that merely touching the leaf causes severe itching -- develops into a nasty rash.