Urticaceae

Scratchbush

Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. ex Wedd.

Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Urera

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Scratchbush
Quechua: Kirusapa chini, Kirusapachini
Spanish: Guaritoto, Ishanga, Mala mujer, Pringamoza, Purichi, Pyno guasu

Synonyms

Calostima aculeata Raf.
Urera armigera Miq.
Urera baccifera var. horrida (Kunth) Wedd.
Urera horrida (Kunth) Miq.
Urera rugosa Rusby
Urera viridisetosa Rusby
Urtica armigera C.Presl
Urtica baccifera L.
Urtica grandidentata Liebm.
Urtica horrida Kunth

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Julian David Perdomo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gonzalez Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Julian David Perdomo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mónica Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Julia Leme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denise Souza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maneco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.