- Family : URTICACEAE
(Nettle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boehmeria virgata var. macrostachya (Wight) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Common name : False Nettle, African Jolanettle, Harmless Nettle
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Shaded localities especially in valleys
- Comments / notes : Common in forests of Western Ghats
- Key identification features : Perennial herb or subshrub; Leaves papery, ovate to rhombic-ovate or elliptic.
- Flower, Fruit : July-November
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, P.Prakash
- Collection Nos : Sedgwick 6579, KFP 2977, KFP 4177
- Collection Locality : Charmadi Ghat (Chikamagalur)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Pullaiah, Ali Moulali, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 2.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Boehmeria platyphylla. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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