Detta

• Common Name In Sri Lanka:

  Detta

• Scientific Name:

  Boehmeria nivea (l.) gaudich

• Other Names:

• Zone:

• Size of Tree:

  

  Small (< 5m)

• Status:

• Average Height:

  

  1.5 m

• Identification

  Tall herbs to small shrub. Leaves are alternate, broadly ovate to elliptic. Inflorescence is axillary and racemose. Male flowers are large. Female flowers are sessile. Fruits are not seen.

• Habitat

  Grasslands

• Special Notes

  Bark - fibre.