Urticaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Boehmeria sieboldiana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Boehmeria sieboldiana is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial plant, often robust and thick stemmed (up to 8mm in diameter), growing up to 130cm tall[ 1106 Title The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision Publication Blumea 58, 2013: 85-216 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Year 2013 ISBN Description A comprehensive revision of the genus. ]. The plant is used as an ingredient in commercial cosmetic preparations. It is sometimes grown as an ornmental in gardens, valued as an architectural plant and for its ability to attract pollinating insects to its flowers. Boehmeria sieboldiana is known from more than 200 collections from many different locations in a wide range of habitats, and some of these collections are recent. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1106 Title The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision Publication Blumea 58, 2013: 85-216 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Year 2013 ISBN Description A comprehensive revision of the genus. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southeast China, central and southern Japan, South Korea (Jeju ‘Quelpart’ Island)

HabitatDense forest on Eocene limestone, littoral forest, secondary forest, thickets, margins of cultivation, often in partial sun in moist soil by streams or on coral; at elevations up to 1,400 metres[ 1106 Title The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision Publication Blumea 58, 2013: 85-216 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Year 2013 ISBN Description A comprehensive revision of the genus. ]