Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Amaranthaceae | Genus: Cyathula | Species: Cyathula tomentosa (Roth) Moq. |
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| Synonym | Achyranthes tomentosa, Achyranthes sequax | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Cottony Chaff Flowe, Woolly Pastureweed | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Globe Cyathula | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kabonapi Tuchombi | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1800-2300 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Globose, ellipsoid, obovoid, membranous, indehiscent seeds oblong or ellipsoid |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan | Bark Details | Grayish-brown bark |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Woolly pasture weed is a deciduous shrub up to 3 m tall stem and branches are densely gray hairy, swollen at nodes | Leaf Details | Leaves 5-10 cm, elliptic-lanceolate with an acute base, acute or acuminate, glabrate above, densely tomentose beneath, short-petioled spikes globose, long-peduncled, white, glistening; bracts ovate |
