Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ramium niveum (L.) Kuntze; Urtica nivea L.; Boehmeria candicans Hassk.; Boehmeria compacta Blume; Boehmeria frutescens var. concolor (Makino) Nakai
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.
  • Common name : China grass, Rhea plant
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated and an escape. Stem yeilds good fibre
  • Key identification features : Small shrubs; branches slender, tomentose; Leaves ovate or suborbicular, acuminate, dentate, subcoriaceous, densely appressed white pubescent beneath; Flowers in axillary spikes, greenish; Achenes oblong, hairy.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 408
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Boehmeria nivea. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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