Debregeasia longifolia (Burm. f.) Wedd.

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🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Boehmeria angustata (Bl.) Hassk.
synonym	Boehmeria dichotoma (Bl.) Hassk.
synonym	Conocephalus niveus Wight
synonym	Debregeasia angustifolia C. B. Rob.
synonym	Debregeasia dichotoma (Bl.) Wedd.
synonym	Debregeasia libera Chien & C.J. Chen in C.J. Chen
synonym	Debregeasia luteocarpa Elmer
synonym	Debregeasia velutina Gaud.
synonym	Leucocnide affinis Miq.
synonym	Leucocnide angustata (Bl.) Bl.
synonym	Leucocnide dichotoma (Bl.) Miq.
synonym	Leucocnide sororia Miq.
synonym	Missiessya velutina (Gaud.) Wedd.
synonym	Morocarpus affinis Bl.
synonym	Morocarpus angustatus Bl. ex Zoll.
synonym	Morocarpus dichotomus (Bl.) Bl.
synonym	Morocarpus longifolius (N. L. Burm.) Bl.
synonym	Morocarpus sororius Miq.
synonym	Trema lancifolia Ridl.
synonym	Urtica angustata Bl.
synonym	Urtica dichotoma Bl.
synonym	Urtica muricata Heyne ex Wall.
synonym	Urtica verrucosa Moon

🗒 Common Names

English	Wild Rhea
Irula	Manalie chedi
Malayalam	Kattunochi Narambili Neeranji Njandumutta Poonoolmaram Pulichi
Mishing	Bayo esing Dalah esing
Other	Kaatu nochi Kapsi Orange Wild Rhea
Tamil	Kaattu nochchi Katunochchi

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Along margin of evergreen and secondary forests up to 1800 m.

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Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub to Small Tree

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

Shrubs; branchlets slender, densely shaggy-pubescent. Leaves to 16 x 5 cm, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute or obtuse, serrulate, 3-ribbed, midrib with 4 pairs of lateral nerves, nervules reticulate, densely white tomentose below, scabrous above; petiole 3 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate. Spike 4 mm across; peduncles 5 mm long; bracts and bracteoles ovate, ciliate; male perianth lobes 4, free, 1 mm long, ovate, densely woolly; stamens 4, free.

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Habit: Shrub/small tree

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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Habit

Large shrubs or small trees ca. 5 m tall.

Trunk\bark

Bark grey, smooth.

Branchlets

Branchlets terete, grey hirsute.

Leaves

Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule lanceolate, bifid, 1 cm long, connate, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 0.8-4 cm long, terete, grey hirsute; lamina 5-15 (-23) x 1.5-4 (-6) cm, narrow oblong or lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded, margin serrate, coriaceous, suface bullate with scattered hairs above, canescent beneath; 3-nerved at base; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves 3-6 pairs, ascending towards apex; tertiary nerves horizontally percurrent.

Flowers

Flowers capitate in forking cymes, axillary; peduncle up to 0.5 cm long, pubescent.

Fruit& seed

Achenes, orange-yellow when ripe.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
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Habit: A large dioecious shrub, upto 3m.

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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: December-April

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Flowering : Summer& Autumn. Fruit ripen :cold season

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

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Growth Form

Tree

Flower

In axillary, globose, paniculate clusters. Flowering from November-January.

Fruit

An ellipsoid or globose achene; orange coloured; seed erect. Fruiting December onwards.

Field tips

Branches rough with warty excrescences and scars of fallen leaves. Leaves dark green above, white glaucous beneath, 3-nerved from base.

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate-spiral

Leaf Type

Simple

Leaf Shape

Lanceolate

Leaf Apex

Acuminate

Leaf Base

Acute to rounded

Leaf Margin

Crenate

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A spreading shrub or small tree, young shoots silky pubescent. Leaves moderate size, oblong-lanceolate or narrow - elliptic, dark green above, pale white beneath. Flowers in lateral dichotomous panicles, unisexual. Fruit is small achenes in clusters, contained in fleshy perianth, orange yellow

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

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Look Alikes

Physiology

Ecology

Along margin of evergreen and secondary forests up to 1800 m.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors	ayyappan Narayanan
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Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Evergreen Forests,riparian

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Evergreen forests, near water courses

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Distribution

Description

Indomalaysia; in the Western Ghats- throughout.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors	ayyappan Narayanan
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Global Distribution

Indo-Malesia

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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Found along the riversides, wet areas from plains to 1000m. Common. India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, W.China and Malesia.

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Global Distribution

India: Assam, Meghalaya

Local Distribution

Nagaon, Kamrup, Tinsukia (Sadiya)

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine

Siddha

Wood is used for making charcoal, fibres used for fishing-lines.

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System Of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine, Siddha

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The ripe fruit is eaten

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

Attributions	Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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Folklore

Indigenous Information: Fibre extracted from bark, which is used for house construction.

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Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Conocephalus niveus Wight, Ic. t. 1959. 1853.
Urtica longifolia Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 197. 1768.
Debregeasia longifolia (Burm. f.) Wedd. in DC., Prodr. 16:235. 1869; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 382. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 261. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 375. 1989; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 436. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 760. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 451. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 435. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 418. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 73. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 648. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 383. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 291. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 301. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 757. 2009.
Debregeasia velutina Gaud., Voy. Bonite Bot. t. 90. 1844-46; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 590. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1389(971). 1928; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 639. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 469. 2005.

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5860

Information Listing > References

Conocephalus niveus Wight, Ic. t. 1959. 1853.
Urtica longifolia Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 197. 1768.
Debregeasia longifolia (Burm. f.) Wedd. in DC., Prodr. 16:235. 1869; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 382. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 261. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 375. 1989; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 436. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 760. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 451. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 435. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 418. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 73. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 648. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 383. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 291. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 301. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 757. 2009.
Debregeasia velutina Gaud., Voy. Bonite Bot. t. 90. 1844-46; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 590. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1389(971). 1928; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 639. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 469. 2005.
Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5860