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Boehmeria ramiflora is a shrub in the nettle family, native from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. Grow it in warm, seasonally dry tropical conditions with good drainage and bright light.
Boehmeria ramiflora, synonyms including Boehmeria jamaicensis, is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is native from Mexico through Central America and parts of the Caribbean to South America. It was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760.
Boehmeria ramiflora is native to central and southern Mexico, much of Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), parts of the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands and the Netherlands Antilles) and mainly northern and western South America (French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) but also southern Brazil.
Smallspike false nettle · Boehmeria depauperata · Hawai'i false nettle · Large Leaf Falsenettle · Boehmeria virgata subsp. macrophylla · Chinese grass · Native Ramie · False nettle
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
