Boehmeria penduliflora Wedd. ex D.G.Long

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Boehmeria densiflora var. penduliflora (Wedd. ex D.G.Long) Acharya & Yonek.; Boehmeria macrophylla D.Don; Boehmeria densiflora var. intermedia Acharya & Yonek.; Urtica penduliflora Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boehmeria penduliflora Wedd. ex D.G.Long
  • Habit : Shrub or Small tree
  • Habitat : Along river sides
  • Key identification features : Large shrubs or small trees, 35m high; branchlets pendulous with heavy fructescens; Leaves lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, serrulate, coriaceous; Flowers in interrupted pendulous spikes, light green; Achenes obovate, cuneate, compressed.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- February
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 409
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Boehmeria penduliflora. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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