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River Nettle

Laportea peduncularis

River Nettle
Photo: Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Tanzania to S. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Laportea peduncularis, the river nettle, is a herbaceous plant in the family Urticaceae. It is consumed for its anti-inflammatory effects.

Other Laportea plants

West Indian woodnettle · Canadian woodnettle · Spotted Nettle · Hawai'i woodnettle · Wood Nettle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Laportea peduncularis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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