- Family : URTICACEAE
(Nettle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
- Synonym(s) : Procris caudata (Sw.) Poir.; Ramium caudatum (Sw.) Kuntze; Boehmeria ampullacea Kunth; Boehmeria arborescens Gardner; Boehmeria arguta Mart. ex Miq.; Boehmeria caudata var. arborescens (Gardner) Wedd.; Boehmeria caudata var. arguta (Mart. ex Miq.) Wedd.; Boehmeria caudata var. lanceolata Wedd.; Boehmeria caudata var. petiolaris (Kunth) Blume; Boehmeria caudata var. tomentosa Wedd.; Boehmeria flagelliformis Liebm.; Boehmeria guatemalensis Gand.; Boehmeria palmeri S.Watson; Boehmeria peruviana Blume; Boehmeria petiolaris Kunth; Boehmeria scabrella Blume; Boehmeria sordida Rusby; Boehmeria stipulata Glaz.; Boehmeria tenuistachys Rusby; Ramium ampullaceum Kuntze; Urtica spicata Sessé & Moc.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boehmeria caudata Sw.
- Habit : Tree
- Key identification features : Small trees; Leaves ovate, 5-nerved, coarsely serrate, glabrous; Flowers large in pendulous, greenish brown spikes.
- Flower, Fruit : August- December
- Distribution :
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Native : Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
- Literature :
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 410
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Boehmeria tenuistachys. Downloaded on 15 November 2024.
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