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Urera baccifera

Botanic Family

Urticaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Gaudichaud ex Weddell

Common Names

• Wento (Waorani)
• Pringa-moza (Dominican Republic)
• Chichicaste (Nahuatl)
• Pringamosa
• Ortiga (Spanish)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• E. Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• riverside
• coastal

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Scandent shrub or ttree to 7m with spine-like urticating hairs. Coarsely dentate leaves. White or red flowers, white achenes. White fruit

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• HUBM
• SAFIO
• Standley