Urticaceae FAMILY

Laportea oligoloba

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has strongly stinging hairs[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].

Botanical Description

Laportea oligoloba is a shrub growing 2 - 3 metres tall, sometimes becoming more tree-like[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - eastern Madagascar.

HabitatShady undergrowth in the forest, often on rocks, at elevations around 1,850 metres[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].