Girardinia bullosa
Girardinia bullosa
Safety & Hazards
The plant is densely covered with stinging hairs. It has the longest stinging hairs in the Urticaceae, but the sting seems less severe than that of some other genera, such as Laportea[1].
Cultivation Details
The plant does not resprout after cutting[1]. After the stems have been harvested in Burundi, the stinging hairs are removed and the entire bark is removed from the stem, after which the inner bark is separated in one piece and dried[1]. Usually monoecious, the plant is occasionally dioecious, in which case both male and female forms will need to be grown if seed is required[
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Girardinia+bullosa>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
- [2]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.