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puheUrticaceae (Nettle family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the fibers from the bark of puhe as cordage for fish nets.Medicially, puhe was used for lepo paakiki (severe constipation).Leaves (Urera glabra)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4797979303/in/dateposted/The generic name Urera is derived from the Latin uro, burn or sting, in reference to the stinging hairs of some species in this genus.The specific epithet kaalae refers to Kaala, Oahu, the highest point on the island one of the places in the Waianae Range where this species was found.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Urera_kaalae
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In the Maihuatlan Range of southwestern Mexico. Found as far south as Venezuela.
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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puhe or HpueUrticaceae (Nettle family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the fibers from the bark of puhe as cordage for fish nets.Medicially, puhe was used for lepo paakiki (severe constipation).Flowers/fruit (Urera kaalae)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4797978101/in/photostream/EtymologyThe generic name Urera is derived from the Latin uro, burn or sting, in reference to the stinging hairs of some species in this genus.The specific epithet glabra is Latin for smooth or without hairs in reference to the plant having no hairs on the plant.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Urera_glabra
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This is a tree from the Nettle Family which goes by the name of Flameberry for obvious reasons. It ranges from here in southern Mexico to Venezuela.
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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puhe or HpueUrticaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)Oahu (Cultivated)
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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shrub lax, to vine-like with long arching branches and more or less cylindrical stems; pistillate inflorescence pale orange-pink, positioned further up stem from pistillate inflorescences, pistillate inflorescence green bearing stinging hairs, flowers pale green; staminate flowers pink.Project web address:
www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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shrub lax, to vine-like with long arching branches and more or less cylindrical stems; pistillate inflorescence pale orange-pink, positioned further up stem from pistillate inflorescences, pistillate inflorescence green bearing stinging hairs, flowers pale green; staminate flowers pink.Project web address:
www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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shrub lax, to vine-like with long arching branches and more or less cylindrical stems; pistillate inflorescence pale orange-pink, positioned further up stem from pistillate inflorescences, pistillate inflorescence green bearing stinging hairs, flowers pale green; staminate flowers pink.Project web address:
www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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A medicinal nettle of the Neotropics. Photo from Omaere Ethnobotanical Gardens, Puyo, Ecuador.
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica