Urticaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Urera kaalae

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has stinging hairs.

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub

GrowthFast

A fast-growing shrub or tree^[1]. Presumably a dioecious species, in which case both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
[2]Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database — http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/index.asp ↩︎Brief details on over 100 species of Hawaiian plants.