Urticaceae
Rainforest spinach
Elatostema reticulatum
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Elatostema
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Rainforest spinach
- Indonesian
- Bayam hutan
Synonyms
- Elatostema reticulatum var. glabrum Domin
- Elatostema reticulatum var. minus Domin
- Elatostema reticulatum var. sessile Benth.
Flowers
- In flower
- September, November to March (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elizabeth, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Will Cornwell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Will Cornwell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Will Cornwell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bryce Watts-Parker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.