Boehmeria platanifolia ("Meyabumao")

Japanese name: メヤブマオ （雌藪麻苧）
Scientific name: Boehmeria platanifolia

[Overview]
A perennial about 1 m tall, found in forests in the mountains.
It is thought to be of hybrid origin between Akaso and Yabu-mao.
The stems and leaves bear short hairs.
The leaves are opposite, ovate-orbicular, about 10–20 cm in both length and width, often deeply divided into 3 lobes at the tip; the lobe tips are pointed and the margins have coarse double serrations.
The leaves are thin in texture.
Usually only female flowers are produced, and the plant bears spikes in which spherical clusters of female flowers are strung together like beads.
The fruit is an achene.

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