Urticaceae FAMILY

Debregeasia saeneb

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Unlike many species in the nettle family (Urticaceae), members of this genus do not have stinging hairs[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].

Botanical Description

Debregeasia saeneb is an evergreen shrub or small tree with pendulous branches; it can grow around 0.5 - 5 metres tall[ 1947 Title An Account of the Genus Debregeasia (Urticaceae-Boehmerieae) Publication Kew Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 4 (1988), pp. 673-692 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. Publisher Year 1988 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use, mainly as a source of fibre but also for its edible fruit, as a medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes grown as a hedge[ 1232 Title Ethnobotanical Studies of Some Useful Shrubs and Trees of District Buner, NWFP, Pakistan Publication Author Muhammad Hamayun Publisher Ethnobotany Project, WWF-Pakistan; Peshawar Year 0 ISBN Description A brief guide to the traditional uses of 94 woody species from District Buner, NWFP, Pakistan ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeNorthwest Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, through Arabia to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, western China (Xinjiang, Xizang)

HabitatForests and shrubberies[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ], chiefly along watercourses, at elevations from 1,500 - 2,400 metres[ 146 Title A Manual of Indian Timbers. Publication Author Gamble. J. S. Publisher Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Year 1972 ISBN - Description First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader. , 158 Title Forest Flora of Chakrata, Dehra Dun and Saharanpur. Publication Author Gupta. B. L. Publisher Forest Research Institute Press Year 1945 ISBN - Description A good flora for the middle Himalayan forests, sparsly illustrated. Not really for the casual reader. ]. Shady, moist places by streams, forests in mountain valleys; at elevations from 1,000 - 3,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1947 Title An Account of the Genus Debregeasia (Urticaceae-Boehmerieae) Publication Kew Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 4 (1988), pp. 673-692 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. Publisher Year 1988 ISBN Description ].