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Pavonia urens
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Pavonia urens

Pavonia urens

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

All parts of the plant are covered in soft and prickly hairs, which may cause itching when touched[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial
Growth—

A plant of the moist tropics, where it is usually found at elevations from 600 - 2,000 metres[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pavonia+urens>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flora of Zimbabwe — http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/ ↩︎Over 2,000 species as of 2009 (and growing). Each record usually has at least one photo with a botanical description of the plant, range, habitat etc. A very useful site.
  2. [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.
  3. [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.