Boehmeria rugulosa Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Subfamily : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Boehmeria nervosa Madden; Ramium rugulosum (Wedd.) Kuntze; Ramium tenue Kuntze; Urtica rugosula Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya & Kravtsova
  • Common name : Daar
  • Vernacular name :
    • Daar, Githa (Nepali)
    • Lenlang (Mizo)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Subtropical and Warm broad-leaved forest; 300 - 1700 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Juice of the bark is applied to treat fresh cuts and also helps in blood coagulation.
  • Key identification features : Bark is dark brown in color, very rough and deep fissures render it into small, more or less rectangular scales
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to North-West India and North Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 217
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 125
    • 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 rugulosa. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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