Boehmeria platyphylla var. rotundifolia (D.Don) Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Boehmeria macrophylla var. rotundifolia (D.Don) W.T.Wang; Boehmeria platyphylla var. rotundifolia (D.Don) Wedd.; Boehmeria rotundifolia D.Don; Urtica rotundifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boehmeria virgata var. rotundifolia (D.Don) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, up to 2.5 m high; Leaves broadly elliptic-ovate or rounded, cuspidate-caudate tailed, tomentose or hispid pubescent; Flowers in brownish green spikes, red.
  • Flower, Fruit : May- September
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, 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 platyphylla var. rotundifolia. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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