About Mousa Nettle
Dendrocnide sinuata (meaning "tree nettle" with "wavy leaf margin" in Greek) is a poisonous plant called pulutus, pulus, stinging tree, fever nettle, or elephant nettle, growing in subtropical wet evergreen forests throughout Asia. Some of its uses in herbal medicine have been scientifically validated.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dendrocnide sinuata
- Genus
- Dendrocnide
- Family
- URTICACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- Indo-Malayan
- Distribution
- Indo-Malayan
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Morange, Utigun
- Nepali
- Moringe
- Bengali
- Chorpata
- Tamil
- ஆனைச்சொரியன் Anaichorian, Otta-pilavu
- Kannada
- Malai Murugan
- Malayalam
- Kattanplavu, Aanayaviratti, Aanavannangi
Botanical family
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Mousa Nettle belongs to the Urticaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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