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Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich.

Urticaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles, St. Vincent, St. Thomas, Grenada) South America (tropics)

SC SE

hyg calc

dr ma (fiber) pl (ornamental) ti tx

Urera baccifera var. horrida Wedd. Urtica baccifera L. Urtica grandidentata Liebm.

broadleaf scratchbush; cow-itch (Belize); cowitch (Belize); stinging nettle (Puerto Rico)

urera bacciforme; feuilles enragées, maman guêpes, manman guêpes (Haiti)

chichicaste, chichicaste blanco (Guatemala); chichicaste cuyanigua, chichicaste nigua, chichicastón (El Salvador); chichicastre, chichicate (Cuba); guaritoto, mala mujer; nigua, nigüilla, nigüillo (El Salvador); ortega (Belize); ortiga (Mexico, Puerto Rico); ortiga brava (Puerto Rico); ortiga colorada (Argentina); ortiga de caballo (Mexico); pica pica (Bolivia); pringamoza; puca puca (Bolivia)

fèy anraje (creole, Haiti); ishanga (Peru); laal, laal tzimin (maya, Mexico); lah (maya, Guatemala); manman gèp (creole, Haiti); orcco itapallu (quichua, Bolivia); orccu-kusayuyu (aymara, Bolivia); ortiga (portuguese, Brazil; quichua, Bolivia); ortiga de cipo (portuguese, Brazil); laal (maya, Belize); piño-guazú (guarani, Bolivia); take (kuna, Panama); urtiga bronca, urtiga graúda (portuguese, Brazil)

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Latin name	Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles, St. Vincent, St. Thomas, Grenada) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	dr ma (fiber) pl (ornamental) ti tx
Synonym	Urera baccifera var. horrida Wedd. Urtica baccifera L. Urtica grandidentata Liebm.
English name	broadleaf scratchbush; cow-itch (Belize); cowitch (Belize); stinging nettle (Puerto Rico)
French name	urera bacciforme; feuilles enragées, maman guêpes, manman guêpes (Haiti)
Spanish name	chichicaste, chichicaste blanco (Guatemala); chichicaste cuyanigua, chichicaste nigua, chichicastón (El Salvador); chichicastre, chichicate (Cuba); guaritoto, mala mujer; nigua, nigüilla, nigüillo (El Salvador); ortega (Belize); ortiga (Mexico, Puerto Rico); ortiga brava (Puerto Rico); ortiga colorada (Argentina); ortiga de caballo (Mexico); pica pica (Bolivia); pringamoza; puca puca (Bolivia)
Other name	fèy anraje (creole, Haiti); ishanga (Peru); laal, laal tzimin (maya, Mexico); lah (maya, Guatemala); manman gèp (creole, Haiti); orcco itapallu (quichua, Bolivia); orccu-kusayuyu (aymara, Bolivia); ortiga (portuguese, Brazil; quichua, Bolivia); ortiga de cipo (portuguese, Brazil); laal (maya, Belize); piño-guazú (guarani, Bolivia); take (kuna, Panama); urtiga bronca, urtiga graúda (portuguese, Brazil)
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