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Accession Data:

Urtica cannabina L.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Urticaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin:

  • Uses: Aerial portion and fruit are considered medicinal in Uighur traditional medicine5

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900042
  • Source: Bonn 2019 - MN-0-BONN-38014
  • Provenance:
    IPEN# MN-0-BONN-38014
    Mongolei, Altai, Chovd ajmag, 1837 m, N 47 38, E 92 27
    
  • Accession Date: 04-03-2019
  • Bench: 6001 - BPB:6000:Bench1
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-05-2021
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
      Stinging Hairs - Handle With Caution

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Rosales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Urticaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Urticeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / West Siberia / Amur / Kamchatka / Khabarovsk / Kuril Is. / Magadan / Primorye / Sakhalin / Kazakhstan / Kirgizistan / China South-Central / Inner Mongolia / Manchuria / China North-Central / Qinghai / Xinjiang / Mongolia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  2. Urtica cannabina at WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  3. Urtica cannabina at ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  4. Urtica cannabina at Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  5. Aishan H1, Baba M, Iwasaki N, Kuang H, Okuyama T., The constituents of Urtica cannabina used in Uighur medicine. Pharm Biol. 2010 May;48(5):577-83. doi: 10.3109/13880200903214215. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.

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Subfamily
Tribe Parietarieae

  • Soleirolia soleirolii

Subfamily
Tribe Urticeae

  • Urera baccifera
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