Habit: Perennial herb [shrub], stinging hairs 0.
Leaf: opposite (alternate), +- ovate, toothed, 3-veined from base; base round to cordate; tip obtuse to acuminate; crystals round.
Inflorescence: spike-[panicle-]like.
Staminate Flower: sepals 4, +- free; stamens 4.
Pistillate Flower: sepals 2--4, fused +- to tip, enclosing ovary.
Fruit: flat to lenticular.
Species In Genus: +- 50 species: especially tropics, subtropics;
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich., ramie, cultivated for fiber.
Etymology: (G.R. Boehmer, Saxony, 1723--1803)
Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Dennis W. Woodland
Reference: Kravtsova et al. 2000 Kew Bull 55:43--62
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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