Urticaceae
Dendrocnide meyeniana
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Dendrocnide
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 咬人狗, 咬人狗艾麻, 恒春咬人狗, 绿笋片, 恒春火麻树
Synonyms
- Dendrocnide batanensis (C.B.Rob.) Chew
- Dendrocnide diffusa (C.B.Rob.) Chew
- Dendrocnide meyeniana f. subglabra (Hayata) W.L.Chew
- Dendrocnide platyphylla (Merr.) Chew
- Dendrocnide subglabra (Hayata) Chew
- Laportea batanensis C.B.Rob.
- Laportea diffusa C.B.Rob.
- Laportea gaudichaudiana Wedd.
- Laportea leytensis C.B.Rob.
- Laportea meyeniana Warb.
- Laportea mindanaensis Warb.
- Laportea platyphylla Merr.
- Laportea pterostigma Wedd.
- Laportea pterostigma f. subglabra (Hayata) H.L.Li
- Laportea pterostigma var. subglabra (Hayata) T.S.Liu
- Laportea subglabra Hayata
- Urera gaudichaudiana Wedd.
- Urtica ferox Blanco
- Urtica meyeniana Walp.
- Urtica umbellata Blanco
- Urticastrum ferox A.Lyons
- Urticastrum gaudichaudianum (Wedd.) Kuntze
- Urticastrum pterostigma (Wedd.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: LiCheng Shih, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hmcheng, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrocnide meyeniana: 咬人狗 Laportea pterostigma [台中植物園 Taichung Botanical Garden, Taiwan]](/plants/dendrocnide-meyeniana/photos/e0b61e0c6908528b-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, 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.