Accession Data
Dendrocnide moroides
Common Name: Gympie-gympie, Stinging Tree
Family: Urticaceae
Synonym(s): Laportea moroides, Urticastrum moroides
Country of Origin: Australia, Vanuatu, Indonesia
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
Accession Date: 2024-09-19
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 6901
Quantity: 4
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.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid I
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Urticeae
Flowering Data:
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