Boehmeria depauperata, synonyms including Boehmeria glomerulifera and the illegitimate name Boehmeria malabarica, is a shrub or tree in the family Urticaceae, native to China (southern Yunnan and south-western Guangxi), Tibet, and tropical Asia. It is sometimes known as the Malabar tree nettle.[1]
Boehmeria depauperata is a shrub or small tree growing 1–5 m in height.[2] [3]
Boehmeria depauperata is native to southeast and south-central China, Tibet and tropical Asia (the Andaman Islands, the Assam region, Bangladesh, Borneo, the eastern Himalayas, India, Java, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, the Maluku Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam). The species grows in undergrowth in subtropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forest up to elevations of 1400 m.[2] [3]