Urera rigida (Benth.) Keay

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Urera

Characteristics

Sparsely armed with slender protuberances tipped with stinging hairs
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A forest liane with stout, rather soft stems
Ripe fruit red.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

Dense primary forest and the more open secondary formations; wooded ravines; gallery forests; forest edges; secondary scrub on granitic mountain tops; epiphytic on the base of trunks; humid, swampy hollows; from 300-1,500 metres.
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Usage

Uses fiber gum material medicinal poison
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:857050-1
WFO ID wfo-0000416510
COL ID 8T2JJ
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Synonyms

Maoutia rigida Ramium rigidum Urera rigida Urtica rigida Urera elliottii Boehmeria rigida