✿Urticaceae · Boehmeria
Boehmeria macrophylla
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam & more
- Flowering
- November-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Boehmeria macrophylla
- Genus
- Boehmeria
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Along the sides of water courses in Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Mizoram, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-December
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Boehmeria macrophylla itself; the rest are typical of the Urticaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Urticaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Boehmeria macrophylla
Boehmeria macrophylla is a shrub in the Urticaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam and 16 other states. It grows in along the sides of water courses in Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to December.

Botanical family
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Boehmeria macrophylla belongs to the Urticaceae family.
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