Laportea decumana Wedd.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Morobe

• Locality

  Medicinal plants garden in the ground of Wau Ecology Institute, upside of Wau Ecology Institute's zoo.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1115 m. (3658 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.33, 146.68

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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H. Matsuo Collection No. 73
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Papua NewGuinea
Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd.
Urticaceae
1115m Long,/Lat,: 7° 20' S 146° 41'
Medicinal plants garden in the ground of
Wau Ecology Institute, upside of Wau
Ecology Institute’s zoo.
Lower montane zone
Jajap(Buang), Zong(Zafiruo),
The use of this plant is widespread in PNG.
Generally, the leaves with their stinging
hairs are rubbed onto the body to alleviate
ache and pains.
22/12/1994
Perennial shrub, to 2m high. Leaves rugose,
dense with long irritant halj’to young ones
dense, woolly; toothed margin. Stem densely
armed with long rigid, branched, axillary,
solitary, male flowers in lower leaf axils,
female in upper leaf axils. Male flowers have
four stamens.
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