| Family |
Urticaceae |
| Scientific name |
Boehmeria nipononivea Koidzumi |
| Synonyms |
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré subsp. nipononivea (Koidzumi) Kitamura;
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré var. tenacissima (Gaudichaud-Beaupré)
Miquel; Boehmeria tenacissima Gaudichaud-Beaupré; Boehmeria frutescens
var. concolor (Makino) Nakai; Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré var.
candicans Weddell; Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré var. concolor
Makino; Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré var. nipononivea (Koidzumi)
W. T. Wang; Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré var. viridula Yamamoto;
Boehmeria thailandica Yahara. |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) karamushi (カラムシ, 茎蒸 [meaning: steamed stems (steamed
stems of this plants were used to be the ingredients of hemp cloth)]),
kusa-mao (クサマオ, 草真苧 [meaning: hemp weed]) mao (マオ, 真苧 [meaning: hemp]) |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos |
| Habitat |
Field, riverside |
| Chromosomal number |
n=14 |
| Description |
Plants 100-150cm tall. Leaves 9-15cm long. Flowers flowering in August
to September. perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Boehmeria nipononivea Koidz. |
| Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima (Gaudichaud-Beaupré) Miquel |
