Urticaceae FAMILY

Laportea interrupta

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has stinging hairs[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The leaves have stinging hairs, much like stinging nettles (Urtica species) to which they are related[ 407 Title BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database) Publication Author Website http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Brief notes on a very wide range of plants that have reports of causing harm to the skin. ].

Botanical Description

Laportea interrupta is an erect, annual plant with stems that become more or less woody at the base. It grows up to 2 metres tall. The plant has stinging hairs, particularly towards the top[ 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 medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to Australia and the southwest Pacific.

HabitatPartially shaded positions in disturbed habitats, especially at low elevations[ 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. ]. Monsoon forests and vine thickets at elevations up to 800 metres in Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].