Debregeasia longifolia (Burm.f.) Wedd.

 
  • 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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