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Urticaceae

Dendrocnide stimulans (L.f.) Chew

Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Dendrocnide

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Dendrocnide stimulans: When I got in contact the leaves (not with this tree, but in secondary growth at Mt. Halimun), they stung through my trekking trousers and caused severe pain an
Photo: gbohne from Berlin, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
ban
Lateng kidang
Chinese
海南火麻树, 海南火麻樹, 海南火树麻, 海南艾麻, 狗狂叶, 海南翅艾麻
Indonesian
Pulus, Aju Lallateng
Javanese
Pulus
Malay
Jelatang gajah

Synonyms

  • Dendrocnide costata Miq.
  • Dendrocnide stenophylla (Quisumb.) Chew
  • Laportea annamica Gagnep.
  • Laportea brunnea Merr.
  • Laportea costata (Miq.) Miq.
  • Laportea gracilipes Elmer
  • Laportea hainanensis Merr. & F.P.Metcalf
  • Laportea lanaensis C.B.Rob.
  • Laportea sinuata Blume ex Wedd.
  • Laportea stenophylla Quisumb.
  • Laportea stimulans (L.f.) Miq.
  • Laportea stimulans var. bovina Hochr.
  • Laportea stimulans var. costata (Miq.) Miq.
  • Laportea thorelii Gagnep.
  • Urera stimulans (L.f.) Wedd.
  • Urtica stimulans L.f.
  • Urtica stimulans f. obtusa Blume
  • Urticastrum costatum (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Urticastrum sinuatum (Blume ex Wedd.) Kuntze
  • Urticastrum stimulans (L.f.) Kuntze

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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.