Pouzolzia


Pouzolzia is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family. There are about 35 species distributed throughout the tropical world. Most are shrubs, and some are herbs. The genus was named for French botanist and plant collector Pierre Marie Casimir de Pouzolz.
Pouzolzia hirta is used as a medicinal herb, as well as for culinary purposes, in various African and Asian countries.
People from Tagin tribe of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India use Poulzolozia hirta, known as "Oyik" in the local language, as a part of a main food course which is consumed along with rice. Oyik is prepared with smoked beef/Gayal meat or pork, along with dried bamboo shoots, and served at various occasions and festivals.

Selected species

The following species are included:

Section ''Pouzolzia'' Gaudich. 1830

New World Species

The following species are found in the New World:
  • Pouzolzia formicaria Wedd. 1857
  • Pouzolzia guatemalana Wedd. 1869
  • * var. guatemalana Wedd. 1869
  • * var. nivea Friis & Wilmot-Dear 1996
  • Pouzolzia laevis Wedd. 1869
  • Pouzolzia latistipula Friis & Wilmot-Dear 1996
  • Pouzolzia longipes Killip 1937
  • Pouzolzia nudiflora Friis & Wilmot-Dear 1996
  • Pouzolzia obliqua Wedd. 1857
  • Pouzolzia occidentalis Wedd. 1857
  • * var. occidentalis Wedd. 1857
  • * var. palmeri Friis & Wilmot-Dear 1996
  • Pouzolzia parasitica Schweinf. 1896
  • Pouzolzia poeppigiana Killip 1937
  • Pouzolzia pringlei Greenm. 1898
  • Pouzolzia purpusii Brandegee 1924
  • Pouzolzia scaberrima Killip 1934
  • Pouzolzia zeylanica Benn. 1838

Old World Species

The following species are found in the Old World:
  • Pouzolzia arachnoidea Wedd. 1869
  • Pouzolzia australis Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia boiviniana Wedd. 1857
  • Pouzolzia cymosa Wight 1853
  • Pouzolzia denudata De Wild. & Th. Dur. 1900
  • Pouzolzia fadenii Friis & Jellis 1984
  • Pouzolzia gaudichaudii Leandri 1951
  • Pouzolzia guineensis Benth. 1849
  • Pouzolzia herpetophyton Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia laevigata Gaudich. 1830
  • Pouzolzia mandrarensis Leandri 1951
  • Pouzolzia mixta Solms 1864
  • * var. mixta Solms 1864
  • * var. shirensis Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia niveotomentosa W. T. Wang 1981
  • Pouzolzia parasitica Schweinf. 1896
  • Pouzolzia rubricaulis Wedd. 1869
  • Pouzolzia sanguinea Merrill 1921
  • * var. cinerascens Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • * var. formosana Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • * var. fulgens Hara 1975
  • * var. sanguinea Merrill 1921
  • Pouzolzia thailandica Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia tsaratananensis Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia variifolia Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia weddellii Leandri 1951
  • Pouzolzia zeylanica Benn. & R. Br. 1838
  • * var. calcicola Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • * var. zeylanica Benn. & R. Br. 1838Pouzolzia friisii A.Gupta & V.Wagh, 2024

Section ''Memorialis'' Benn. &; R. Br. 1838

  • Pouzolzia hirta Hassk. 1844
  • * var. hirta Hassk. 1844
  • * var. parvifolia Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia pentandra Benn. & R. Br. 1838
  • * subsp. pentandra Benn. & R. Br. 1838
  • * subsp. wightii Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • ** var. gracilis Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • ** var. wightii Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2004
  • Pouzolzia peteri Friis 1987

''Incertae sedis''

  • Pouzolzia floresiana Friis & Wilmot-Dear 2012
  • Pouzolzia rugulosa Acharya & Kravtsova 2009