Boehmeria platyphylla var. scabrella Weddell in Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 211. 1869; Urtica scabrella Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 3: 581. 1832, non Hornem. ex Schrank (1822).

Leaf blade 4.5-7(-10) × 2-4(-6) cm, papery, abaxial surface with reticulate veins strongly raised, adaxial surface rugose, stiffly hispid, apex gradually acuminate. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.

Thickets, disturbed places in secondary forests, roadsides; 200-1300 m. N Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou, S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].