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Edible: Leaves

A small herb up to 60 cm high but it can grow to 2m. It has stinging hairs. The stems are woody at the base. The leaves are alternate. They are produced on 3-7 cm long leaf stalks. The leaves are toothed at the edge. The leaves are 8-13 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. They have a papery texture. The flowers are greenish in small clusters. Flowers are of separate sexes but on the same plant. They grow in the axils of leaves on a longish stalk. This stalk can be 10 cm long. The fruit is one celled and dry. It is about 1.5 cm long. It has a smooth wing like edge.

A tropical plant. It is widespread in the lowland tropics mostly below 700 m altitude. It grows best in part shade. It grows in savannah woodland. In Yunnan.

Common Names: Hen’s nettle, Island nettle, Choriyan, Choriyanam, Kyet-phet-yar, Ogoogo, Ogoogo toto, Palilolia, Phet-yar-pho, Usogo, Yoyol

Synonyms: 

Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaud.;
Urtica interrupta L.;


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