EPPO Global Database

Boehmeria nivea(BOHNI)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BOHNI
  • Preferred name: Boehmeria nivea
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Gaudichaud-Beaupré

Notes

Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam), China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea. Cultivated as a fibre plant, and occasionally as an ornamental. Introduced in Central Asia (Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan), Malesia (Malaya, Sumatra, Java), Gabon to Zaïre, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (Hispaniola), Colombia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Australia (Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Boehmeria nivea subsp. nivea (Linnaeus) Gaudichaud-Beaupré

Common names
Name
Language
zhù má Chinese
苎麻 Chinese
Chinese ramie Dutch
ramie Dutch
China grass English
false nettle English
ramie English
ramie blanche French
China-Nessel German
Ramie German
ortica argentata Italian
ramia Italian
ramié Italian
karamushi Japanese
namban-karamushi Japanese
カラムシ Japanese
ナンバンカラムイシ Japanese
ナンバンカラムシ Japanese
mo si pul Korean
모시풀 Korean
ramie Portuguese
ramie-de-China Portuguese
seda-vegetal Portuguese
белое рами Russian
ramio blanco Spanish