{"id":1362846,"date":"2016-06-03T05:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T05:54:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:54:51","slug":"dendrocnide-sinuata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/dendrocnide-sinuata\/","title":{"rendered":"Dendrocnide sinuata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dendrocnide<\/i> sinuata<\/i> (Blume) Chew, Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 206 1965<\/i>. (Syn: Dendrocnide crenulata<\/i> Miq.; Dendrocnide microstigma<\/i> (Gaud. ex Wedd.) Chew; Dendrocnide nervosa<\/i> (H. Winkl.) Chew; Dendrocnide nitida<\/i> (H. Winkl.) Chew; Dendrocnide pulus<\/i> (Steud.) Chew; Laportea<\/i> crenulata<\/i> Gaudich.<\/span><\/a>; Laportea gigantea<\/i> Gaud.; Laportea<\/i> integrifolia<\/i> C.Y. Wu<\/span><\/a>; Laportea microstigma<\/i> Gaud. ex Wedd.; Laportea<\/i> sinuata<\/i> (Blume) Miq.<\/span><\/a>; Urera commersoniana<\/i> Wedd.; Urera crenulata<\/i> Wedd. (ambiguous synonym); Urera gigantea<\/i> Gaud.; Urera javaenensis<\/i> Gaud.; Urera microstigma<\/i> Wedd.; Urera stimulans<\/i> Wedd. (ambiguous synonym); Urtica ardens<\/i> Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Urtica churta<\/i> Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Urtica crenulata<\/i> Roxb. (ambiguous synonym); Urtica gigantea<\/i> Poir.; Urtica javaensis<\/i> Poir. ex Gaud.; Urtica obnoxia<\/i> Hassk.; Urtica<\/i> pulus<\/i> Steud.<\/span><\/a>; Urtica<\/i> sinuata<\/i> Blume<\/span><\/a>; Urticastrum crenulatum<\/i> (Roxb.) Lyons; Urticastrum microstigma<\/i> (Wedd.) Kuntze);
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Common name:<\/b> Stinging Tree, Devil Nettle, Mousa Nettle, Elephant Fever Nettle, Mouse Nettle \u2022 Assamese<\/b><\/span>: Sirnat, Sorat \u2022 Bengali<\/b><\/span>: Chorpata \u2022 Hindi<\/b><\/span>: Morange, Utigun \u2022 Kannada<\/b><\/span>: Malai Murugan \u2022 Malayalam<\/b><\/span>: Kattanplavu, Aanayaviratti, Aanavannangi \u2022 Nepali<\/b><\/span>: Moringe \u2022 Tamil<\/b><\/span>: \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd Anaichorian, Otta-pilavu<\/div>\n
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Dendrocnide sinuata (meaning “tree nettle” with “wavy leaf margin” in Greek) is a poisonous plant<\/span><\/a> called pulutus’<\/i>,[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> pulus<\/b>,[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> stinging tree<\/b>,[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> fever nettle<\/b>,[citation needed<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/span><\/sup> or elephant nettle<\/b>,[2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> growing in <\/span>subtropical wet evergreen forests<\/span><\/a> throughout Asia<\/span>.[3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Some of its uses in herbal medicine<\/span><\/a> have been scientifically validated.[4]<\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This species is well known in many languages throughout Asia, including;<\/div>\n
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