Bulk Nettle Seeds for Export and Wholesale Supply
ACPFOOD supplies bulk nettle seeds for export to botanical ingredient distributors, wholesalers, importers, professional processors and cultivation projects. The dried material is obtained from Urtica dioica, commonly known as stinging nettle.
For wholesale nettle seeds enquiries, please provide your required quantity, destination, intended application and technical specification. Ingredient-processing requirements and planting requirements are assessed separately, with the selected lot’s suitability confirmed before order acceptance.
Product Highlights
- Product code: SEE-027
- Commercial name: Nettle Seeds / Stinging Nettle Seeds
- Botanical name: Urtica dioica L.
- Family: Urticaceae
- Plant part: Seed material, naturally enclosed in small dry fruits
- Product form: Whole dried seed material
- Minimum order quantity: 20 kg, subject to availability
- Physical specifications: Agreed against the selected sample and lot
- Supply format: Bulk wholesale quantities
For Urtica dioica seeds orders, the quotation should identify the intended use, required cleaning specification, acceptable accompanying plant material and any analytical or germination requirements.
Botanical Identity
Stinging nettle belongs to the Urticaceae family. Its accepted botanical name is Urtica dioica L.
Common names include stinging nettle, common nettle and perennial nettle. In Persian, the plant is known as Gazaneh (گزنه), and its seeds as Tokhm-e-Gazaneh (تخم گزنه).
Material commercially called nettle seed commonly includes the small dry, single-seeded fruits. The supplied specification should describe the actual material and its cleaning condition rather than imply that the seeds have been removed from their natural fruit coverings.
Urtica dioica and Urtica urens are separate botanical species. This product is identified as Urtica dioica.
Nettle leaves, roots and seeds are separate botanical ingredients requiring their own specifications. This page covers the dried seed material.
For botanical reference, see Kew’s Plants of the World Online.
Product Form and Physical Characteristics
This product is offered as whole dried nettle seed material. Size, colour, maturity and the proportion of accompanying plant material may vary between lots.
The representative sample should establish whether the material consists mainly of separated fruit units or includes portions of seed-bearing clusters. A cleaned seed product should not be assumed to have the same specification as unsorted seed-bearing herb.
Please specify your requirements for:
- General appearance and physical condition
- Maturity and colour range
- Cleaning and separation requirements
- Seed-bearing cluster material
- Broken material and fine particles
- Stalks, leaves and other plant material
- Moisture content
- Foreign matter and visibly deteriorated material
- Any additional sorting, sieving or preparation requirements
The selected sample and agreed specification define the material supplied.
For planting enquiries, harvest or production year, storage history, treatment status and available germination or viability information should also be reviewed.
Applications
Nettle seed material may be considered for several professional uses, subject to the selected lot and intended application:
- Extraction for further botanical ingredient manufacture
- Milling or blending into appropriately specified ingredient preparations
- Food-ingredient development where suitable for the intended market and process
- Evaluation of processed ingredients for cosmetic formulations
- Botanical and agronomic research
- Nursery propagation and cultivation
- Botanical collections and seed conservation
Food, cosmetic and other ingredient applications require specifications appropriate to the intended use. The material is supplied for further processing and should not automatically be treated as ready to eat.
Cultivation requires a lot suitable for planting. Drying, storage and any processing treatments may affect viability, so an ingredient lot should not automatically be assumed suitable for propagation.
Buyers should evaluate a representative sample and establish the necessary processing or propagation requirements before ordering.
Quality and Available Documentation
Please provide your technical, analytical and intended-use requirements when requesting a quotation. Relevant parameters may include:
- Botanical identity and product form
- Physical condition and maturity
- Seed purity and accompanying plant material
- Moisture content
- Foreign matter
- Insect damage and visible mould
- Microbiological quality, where relevant
- Pesticide residues and relevant contaminants
- Chemical profiling or compositional testing, where required
- Harvest or production year, where documented
- Storage history, where available
- Treatment status
- Germination or viability results, when tested
Ask about available certificates of analysis, technical information, seed-lot records and export documents for the selected material. Additional testing, analytical methods, acceptance limits, costs and lead times must be agreed before ordering.
No fixed germination percentage is stated without a representative test for the relevant lot. Any reported result should identify the test method and date. A test result does not guarantee establishment under every cultivation condition.
Nutritional values, oil content, organic certification and application-specific grades should be stated only where supported by appropriate information for the supplied material.
Origin, sourcing details and traceability information should correspond to the lot selected for supply.
Packaging and Storage
Packaging format and net weight are confirmed according to the order quantity, intended use, transport method and buyer requirements.
Packaging should protect the dried material from moisture, contamination, pests and loss of fine seed material during transport and handling.
Store in suitable closed packaging under the conditions specified for the selected lot, protected from direct sunlight, excessive heat and strong odours.
Planting material may require storage conditions selected to preserve viability. Buyers should review the available test date and plan shipment, storage and sowing accordingly.
Shelf life and storage instructions should follow the agreed product specification.
Related ACPFOOD Products
Explore our Medicinal & Aromatic Seeds category for other bulk botanical seed materials.
For the separate leaf product, see our Bulk Dried Nettle Leaves for Export, supplied under product code HER-049.
Export and Delivery
Export availability depends on the destination, intended use, applicable import requirements and available transport arrangements.
For planting orders, please provide the proposed cultivation destination and any applicable seed-import, quarantine or phytosanitary requirements before order confirmation.
The delivery term, shipment size, packaging, lead time, freight cost and required documentation are confirmed with the quotation.
Shipment is subject to the selected lot meeting the agreed requirements and the necessary documents being available.
Request a Quote
For bulk nettle seeds for export, please provide your required quantity, destination, intended use, cleaning requirements, technical specifications and packaging preference.
For planting and propagation, also specify your germination or viability requirements and any applicable seed-import conditions.
Please identify the requested product as SEE-027, Stinging Nettle Seeds.
