Urticaceae
Hawai'i woodnettle
Laportea interrupta
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Laportea
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bangla
- লাল-বিছুটি
- Chinese
- 桑葉麻, 红小麻, 桑叶麻, 红小麻草
- English
- Hawai'i woodnettle
- Indonesian
- Jelatang ayam
- Malay
- Jelatang ayam
- Malayalam
- ആനക്കൊടിത്തൂവ
- Thai
- ตำแย
- Tongan
- Hongohongo
Synonyms
- Boehmeria interrupta (L.) Willd.
- Boehmeria javanica (Blume) Hassk.
- Boehmeria spicata (Gaudich.) Endl.
- Fleurya glomerata Gaudich.
- Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaudich.
- Fleurya spicata Gaudich.
- Fleurya spicata var. interrupta (L.) Wedd. ex Seem.
- Schychowskya interrupta (L.) W.Wight
- Urtica affinis Hook. & Arn.
- Urtica capitata Blanco
- Urtica gaudichaudii Steud.
- Urtica hastata J.R.Forst. ex Spreng.
- Urtica inermis Spreng.
- Urtica interrupta L.
- Urtica javanica Blume
- Urtica lomatocarpa Hochst. ex Steud.
- Urtica racemosa Gaudich.
- Urtica sessiliflora Blanco
- Urtica sessilifolia Wedd.
- Urtica spicigera Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Riyaz Ahamed at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.