North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.The most benign member of the stinging-tree genus, with extremely sparse stinging hairs. Sometimes you can brush against it without harm.
When I got in contact the leaves (not with this tree, but in secondary growth at Mt. Halimun), they stung through my trekking trousers and caused severe pain and the skin looked "burned & red" for more than one week; any contact with water was nearly unbearable....; eventually after 1 month the effects where vanishing.I will never forget this most powerful Nettle! more info (German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DendrocnideDendrocnide stimulans (L. f.) CHEW (Nettle tree or stinging tree, Nesselbaum, jelatang api,Jalatong pulus (Sundanese), kemaduh sapi (Javanese), jelatang kayu (Sumatra))Family: Urticaceae (nettles, Brennesselgewchse)Order: Rosales(unranked): Rosids(unranked): Eudicots(unranked): AngiospermsKingdom: Plantae2009-03-23 Bogor, W-Java, IndonesiaIMG_4334
When I got in contact the leaves (not with this tree, but in secondary growth at Mt. Halimun), they stung through my trekking trousers and caused severe pain and the skin looked "burned & red" for more than one week; any contact with water was nearly unbearable....; eventually after 1 month the effects where vanishing.I will never forget this most powerful Nettle! more info (German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DendrocnideDendrocnide stimulans (L. f.) CHEW (Nettle tree or stinging tree, Nesselbaum, jelatang api)Family: Urticaceae (nettles, Brennesselgewchse)Order: Rosales(unranked): Rosids(unranked): Eudicots(unranked): AngiospermsKingdom: Plantae2009-03-23 (Botanical Garden) Bogor, W-Java, IndonesiaIMG_4335