Cypholophus macrocephalus
Wedd.
Urticaceae
Boehmeria crenata Blume
Boehmeria macrocephala Blume
Boehmeria moluccana Blume
Boehmeria sericea Blume
Cypholophus moluccanus (Blume) Miq.
Urtica crenata Zipp. ex Blume
Urtica moluccana Blume
Common Name:
General Information
Cypholophus macrocephalus is a shrub or small tree growing 1 - 3 metres tall[
490- Title
- Flora Vitiensis Nova
- Publication
-
- Author
- Smith. A.C.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for the fibre obtained from its stems. This is used locally.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
490- Title
- Flora Vitiensis Nova
- Publication
-
- Author
- Smith. A.C.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
Range
Southeast Asia - Philippines to the Pacific Islands.
Habitat
Dense forest at elevations of 300 - 650 metres in Fiji[
490- Title
- Flora Vitiensis Nova
- Publication
-
- Author
- Smith. A.C.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. Rich soils of light woods mixed with cogon grass at elevations of around 900 metres in the Philippines.
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 2.50 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
A fibre is obtained from the inner bark. Fine white mats can be made from the inner bark. Samoans call them 'sialoa' and 'jesina'[
351- Title
- Fiji Plants: Their Names and Uses
- Publication
-
- Author
- H. B. Richenda Parham
- Publisher
- Journal of the Polynesian Society
- Year
- 1939
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Published as a supplement in the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Very brief listing of the uses of plants growing in Fiji, listed in order of their native name with no index for the Botanical name.
]. These mats were so highly thought of that, when they changed hands, the history of the making was repeated with solemn unction[
351- Title
- Fiji Plants: Their Names and Uses
- Publication
-
- Author
- H. B. Richenda Parham
- Publisher
- Journal of the Polynesian Society
- Year
- 1939
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Published as a supplement in the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Very brief listing of the uses of plants growing in Fiji, listed in order of their native name with no index for the Botanical name.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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