Urticaceae FAMILY

Elatostema platyphyllum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Unlike many other plants in the nettle family (Urticaceae), plants in this genus do not have stinging hairs[ 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. ].

Botanical Description

Elatostema platyphyllum is a perennial plant with erect, branched stems that become more or less woody; it can grow 100 - 150cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, southern Japan, Nepal, Bhutan, northeast India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines

HabitatValley forests, shaded areas along streamsides; at elevations from 700 - 1,900 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].