- Family : URTICACEAE
(Nettle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
- Synonym(s) : Urtica longifolia Burm.f.; Trema lancifolium Ridl.; Boehmeria angustata Hassk.; Boehmeria dichotoma (Blume) Hassk.; Conocephalus niveus Wight; Debregeasia angustifolia C.B.Rob.; Debregeasia dichotoma (Blume) Wedd.; Debregeasia libera J.J.Chien & C.J.Chen; Debregeasia longifolia var. affinis (Miq.) J.J.Sm.; Debregeasia longifolia var. monticola Hochr.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Debregeasia longifolia (Burm.f.) Wedd.
- Common name : Wild Rhea
- Vernacular name :
- Kurigeli (Kannada)
- Kattunochii (Tamil)
- Kerangi (Telugu)
- Kattunochi, Neeranji, Narambili, Njandumutta, Pulichi, Poonoolmaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 500m, in shade and near stream banks
- Flower, Fruit : November-March
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 31/10/2015
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0381
- Collection Locality : Swamy malai Hills, Vellor district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 411
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Debregeasia longifolia. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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