Urticaceae FAMILY
Dendrocnide sinuata
Dendrocnide sinuata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The plant has irritant, stinging hairs[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].
Botanical Description
Dendrocnide sinuata is an evergreen shrub or a tree, usually growing up to 10 metres tall, but occasionally reaching up to 26 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and hair wash.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatA weedy species, colonizing gaps in the forest, locally frequent along roads and tracks, and is commonly found in relatively dry forest on sandy soils; at elevations from sea-level up to 1,400 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].