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Urera acuminata
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Urera acuminata

Urera acuminata

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has leaves with stinging hairs[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Shrub
Growth—

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flore de Madagascar et des Comores — Humbert H. · Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris · 1946 - 1984 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.
  2. [2]Madagascar. An Environmental Profile. — Jenkins M.D. (Editor) · World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Cambridge. · 1987 · ISBN 2-88032-607-9 ↩︎Contains a list of the Ethnobotanical uses of Madagascar plants.