Cherula

Scientific Name :

Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.

Synonym(s) :

Achyranthes lanata L.

Local/Common name(s) :

Cherula

Family :

Amaranthaceae

Habit :

Herb

Flowering/Fruiting Time :

September-April

Habitat :

Deciduous forests and waste lands in the plains

Endemic :

No

Status (IUCN) :

Distribution :

Widespread in the tropics and subtropics

Nativity :

Indigenous

Uses :

Description (Morphology) :

Herbs, white woolly tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, 3-4 x 3 cm, orbicular to ovate, apex obtuse, mucronate, pubescent above, densely woolly below, membranous; petiole ca. 1 cm. Spikes axillary, to 1 cm, densely tomentose; bracts and bracteoles 1 mm, ovate; tepals 1.5 mm, oblong, woolly mucronate; filaments basally connate, 0.5 mm, staminodes subulate; ovary 0.4.