Tropicos | Name - Boehmeria ulmifolia Wedd.

Boehmeria ulmifolia Wedd.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/22/2013)

Species	BOEHMERIA ULMIFOLIA Wedd.
PlaceOfPublication	Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 1:202. 1854.
Synonym	Boehmeria fallax var. ulmifolia Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 161:198. 1869.
Description	Shrub or small tree up to 6 m. high, with slender, more or less pubescent branches; leaves serrate, thin, appressed-hispidulous above, pilosulous or puberulent beneath, those of adjacent nodes strongly dimorphic and unequal; larger leaves elliptic-ovate, 5-15 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, cuspidate-acuminate, acute or rounded at base, somewhat oblique, with slender petioles 5-20 mm. long, the smaller leaves (often soon deciduous) orbicular or subreniform, 5-10 mm. long and broad, usually emarginate at base, sessile; plants monoecious or dioecious, the flower-clusters axillary, generally unisexual; staminate perianth 4-lobed; pistillate perianth about 2 mm. long, stipitate, very slightly compressed, bidentate.
Habit	Shrub tree
Distribution	Southern Mexico to Panama, from about 1000 to 2000 m. alt., ascending higher in western Panama.
Elevation	1000 to 2000 m.
Specimen	BOCAS DEL TORO: Robalo Trail, northern slopes of Cerro Horqueta, alt. 1800-2100 m., Allen 49I3 (tentatively referred here). CHIRIQUI: upper Chiriqui Viejo valley, vicinity of Monte Lirio, alt. 1300-1900 m., Seibert I83; Potrero Muleto to summit, Volcain de Chiriqui, alt. 3 500-4000 m., Woodson d Schery 465.