Urticaceae FAMILY
Girardinia diversifolia
Girardinia diversifolia
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Girardinia diversifolia is a Annual/Perennial up to 3.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate; tropical
Native RangeE. Asia - India to China and Malaysia.
HabitatWaste ground and shrubberies, 800 - 2700 metres in the Himalayas[ 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. ]. Moist, shady, forested areas at elevations of 1200 - 3000 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].