Plant Details

Accepted name:: Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ban	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
canton linen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
china grass	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese nettle	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
chinese silk plant	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chinese silk-plant	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
deththa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
false nettle	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
gai	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
gon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
habutiaz	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
hyew	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
kgi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kgilutux	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kithaa naaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kriyu rogay	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kya-sha	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
lashen	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
qīng má gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
radix boehmeriae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rami	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rami-rami	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ramie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ramie grass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ramie root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rhea grass	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiān qīng dì bái cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wild castor	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
xiàn má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yuanma	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
yín zhù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhu ma	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhu ma gen	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
zhuma	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
zhù má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhù má gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhù má huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhù má tóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
දැත්ත	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
上青下白	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
伏毛苎麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
光葉山苧麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
圓麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
天青地白	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
天青地白草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
家麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山苧麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白苧麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
真麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
綠麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
线麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻梗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苎麻頭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
银苎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青叶苎麻根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
青麻根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root Bark, Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Seeds, Whole plants		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
flower		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boehmeria candicans Hassk. Cat. Pl. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 79 (1844).
Boehmeria compacta Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 210 (1857).
Boehmeria nipononivea Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 223 (1941).
Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea (Koidz.) W.T.Wang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3: 320 (1981).
Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima (Roxb.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 253 (1859).
Urtica nivea L. Sp. Pl.: 985 (1753).
Boehmeria frutescens var. concolor (Makino) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 514 (1927).
Boehmeria frutescens var. viridula (Yamam.) Suzuki Short Fl. Formosa: 47 (1936).
Boehmeria juncea Bedevian Ill. Polyglot. Dict.: 110 (1936), pro syn.
Boehmeria mollicoma Miq. in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 100 (1854).
Boehmeria nipononivea var. concolor (Makino) Ohwi Fl. Jap.: 441 (1953).
Boehmeria nivea var. candicans (Hassk.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 207 (1869).
Boehmeria nivea var. concolor Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 251 (1909).
Boehmeria nivea f. concolor (Makino) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20: 208 (1962).
Boehmeria nivea f. nipononivea (Koidz.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20: 208 (1962).
Boehmeria nivea subsp. nipononivea (Koidz.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20: 208 (1962).
Boehmeria nivea var. reticulata Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 211 (1857).
Boehmeria nivea f. viridula (Yamam.) Hatus. Fl. Ryukyus: 234 (1971), without basionym ref.
Boehmeria nivea var. viridula Yamam. J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 4: 50 (1932).
Boehmeria tenacissima (Roxb.) Ed.Otto Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 12: 106 (1856).
Boehmeria thailandica Yahara Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 32: 4 (1981).
Boehmeria utilis André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 62: 184 (1890).
Procris nivea Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 206 (1869), pro syn.
Ramium compactum (Blume) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 633 (1891).
Ramium mollicoma (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 633 (1891).
Ramium niveum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 632 (1891).
Urera lamiifolia Gaudich. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 1150 (1895), pro syn.
Urtica candicans Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 503 (1826), nom. illeg.
Urtica lamiifolia Juss. ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 555 (1807), not validly publ.
Urtica millettii Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 214 (1837).
Urtica tenacissima Roxb. in R.Wissett, Suppl. Observ. Sunn Hemp Bengal: 41 (1811).
Urtica utilis de Vriese Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient.: 146 (1857).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bochmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. var. tenacissima (Roxb.) Miq.	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
Boehmeria candicans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boehmeria compacta	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boehmeria nipononivea Koidz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Boehmeria nivea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Boehmeria nivea (Gaudich.) Miq.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud var. Nipononivea (Koidz.) W. T. Wang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. var. Tenacissima (Roxb.) Miq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. var. nipononivea (Koidz.)W.T.Wang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. var. tenacissima (Gaud.) Miq.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Boehmeria nivea (L..) Gaud.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Boehmeria nivea (Linn.) Gaud.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Boehmeria nivea (Linnaeus) Gaudichaud-Beaupre	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Boehmeria nivea Gaudich.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Boehmeria nivea Gaudichaud	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Boehmeria nivea Hook. & Arn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Boehmeria nivea var. nivea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Boehmeria nivera (L.) Gaudich	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Boehmeria nives	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Urtica nivea L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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