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Laportea aestuans - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Laportea aestuans - Inflorescence close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence close-up; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Laportea aestuans - Top and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Top and lower side of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Laportea aestuans - Stem - Click to enlarge!

Stem; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Laportea aestuans - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Laportea aestuans - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil; 5/2012 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 365
Date of entry: 10.07.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: West Indian Woodnettle

Mandarin: 火焰桑叶麻 (huo yan sang ye ma)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Urticales (15)

        Family: Urticaceae (11)(family description)

          Genus: Laportea (2)

            Epithet: aestuans (L.) Chew (2)

Synonyms: Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaud., Urtica aestuans L.

aestuans => agitating, undulating

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Laportea aestuans at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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