Debregeasia longifolia (Burm.f.) Weedd.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Urticaceae
Synonym
Urtica Longifolia Burm.F.
Synonym_2
Debregeasia Velutina Gaud.
Local Name
Njandumutta
Local Name 2
Kattunochi
Local Name 3
Pulichi
Habit
Small sized tree
Botanical Features

Small trees: branchlets slender, densely shaggy-pubescent:Leaves to 16 x 5 cm, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute or obtuse, serrulate, 3-ribbed, midrib with 4 pairs of lateral nerves, nervules reticulate, densely white tomentose below, scabrous above; petiole 3 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate. Spike 4 mm across; peduncles 5 mm long; bracts and bracteoles ovate, ciliate; male perianth lobes 4, free, 1 mm long, ovate, densely woolly; stamens 4, free.