✿Urticaceae · Debregeasia
Tusara / Wild Rhea
Debregeasia longifolia
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- November-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Debregeasia longifolia
- Genus
- Debregeasia
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Kerala, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tusara 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.
Local Names
- Hindi
- तुसारा Tusara, Sausaru
- Nepali
- तुसारे Tushaare
- Tamil
- Kattunochi, Chakavatitam, Chakavatitamaram
- Telugu
- Kerangi
- Kannada
- ಕೆಪ್ಪಸಿ Keppasi, Kaapli, ಕಾಪ್ಸಿ
- Malayalam
- Kattunochi, Njandumutta, Pulichi
- Marathi
- Khargul, खारगुल
About Tusara
A member of the Urticaceae family, Wild Rhea (Debregeasia longifolia) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya and 9 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Botanical family
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Tusara belongs to the Urticaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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