Urticaceae
Giant stinging tree
Dendrocnide excelsa
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Dendrocnide
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Giant stinging tree
- Persian
- گزندهدار بزرگ
Synonyms
- Laportea gigas Wedd.
- Urera excelsa Wedd.
- Urera rotundifolia Wedd.
- Urtica gigas A.Cunn. ex Wedd.
- Urticastrum gigas (Wedd.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Lucas Christofides, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.