Accession Data:
Dendrocnide moroides (Wedd.) Chew
- Common Name: Gympie-gympie, Stinging Tree
- Family: Urticaceae Juss.
- Synonym(s): Laportea moroides, Urticastrum moroides
- Country of Origin: Australia, Vanuatu, Indonesia
- Habitat: shrub or small tree in clearings in tropical forest
- Description: The infamous Gympie-gympie is said to be the most venomous plant in the world; contact with the leaves or stems causes intense and sometimes long-lasting pain.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 202400079
- Source: M. Opel
- Provenance:
Seeds from Dylan Hannon #12066 (Huntington Gardens) harvested 2014, sown Feb. 2024. Seeds slow to germinate and seedlings tiny and slow at first, growing rapidly and flowering in warm, humid summer weather.
- Accession Date: 09-19-2024
- Bench: 6901 - Array 1, Tank 1
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 4 confirmed on 12-24-2024
- Restrictions:
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Rosales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Urticaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe: Urticeae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
This accession has been observed in bloom on:| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Lesser Sunda Is. / New South Wales / Queensland / Vanuatu
References (external):
data regenerated on Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:30:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
Images:
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Subfamily
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Subfamily
Tribe Urticeae
W/C = Wild Collected
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