Hawaii Wood Nettle

Herbs annual, monoecious. Stems straight, branched, 40-100 cm tall; upper stems and petioles sparsely armed with short stinging and pubescent hairs. Stipules ovate-oblong, ca. 4 mm, setulose along rib abaxially, apex 2-cleft 1/2 of length; petiole 3-9 cm; leaf blade ovate or cordate, 5-8 × 4-5.5 cm, herba-ceous, 3-veined, lateral basal pair reaching middle margin, lateral veins 5 or 6 each side of midvein, reaching teeth, both surfaces sparsely armed with short, stinging hairs, base abruptly cuneate or shallowly cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate; cystoliths botuliform, regularly arranged abaxially along veins. Inflorescences axillary, long spicate, to 25 cm, glomerules at intervals along elongated peduncle consequent upon great reduction of the lateral branches, sparsely armed with minutely stinging hairs. Male flowers pedicellate, in bud ca. 1.2 mm; perianth lobes (3 or)4, connate 1/2 of length, obovate, puberulent, apex corniculate; stamens (3 or)4; rudimentary ovary obpyramidal, 0.5 mm. Female flowers: pedicel to 1.5 mm, not winged; perianth lobes 4, free, unequal, dorsal lobe ovate, concave, ca. 0.4 mm, 2 lateral lobes largest, enclosing the ovary, broadly ovate, ca. 0.4 mm, ventral lobe smallest, triangular ovate, ca. 0.3 mm. Ovary asymmetrically triangular; stigma reflexed, filiform, 3-fid, ca. 0.3 mm. Achene obliquely triangular, compressed, ca. 1.3 mm in diam., with triangular ridge enclosing a warty depression, persistent lateral perianth lobes forming a small basal cup. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.

Taiwan, SW Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa].

Disturbed, moist places of dense forests, streams; 600-1000 m.

Urtica interrupta Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 985. 1753; Fleurya interrupta (Linnaeus) Gaudichaud-Beaupré.

interrupta: interrupted, referring to the interrupted spike-like inflorescences.

Annual herb up to c. 1 m tall. Stinging hairs normally few, mostly along the upper part of the stem. Leaves broadly ovate, somewhat hairy on both sides with few stinging hairs; lateral veins 3-6 pairs; margin serrate.

Rare in Mozambique. This is only the second record for Mozambique and the Flora Zambesiaca area.

Almost pantropical.

Ko e hongohongo (pe nongonongo ?) ʻe taha ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mei he kāinga Urticaceae, tatau mo e salato. ʻOku ui foki ko e Fleurya interrupta (L.) Chew.

Ko e hongohongo ʻe taha ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mei he kāinga Acalypha (lau kopa). ʻOku ui foki ko e Acalypha boehmerioides Miq. ʻOku tupu pē ʻi Vavaʻu mo e Ongo Niua.

ʻOku ʻikai pau, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻakau ʻe ua mo hona hingoa tatau, pe naʻe puputuʻu ʻa e kakai pea naʻa nau fetongi kinaua? Kakai Tonga, mo e kakai ʻi he kaungāfonua foki, pea mo e kau saienisi ?

Laportea interrupta est une espèce de plante appartenant à la famille des urticacées et au genre des Laportea.

Laportea interrupta là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Tầm ma. Loài này được (L.) Chew mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1965.

红小麻（学名：Laportea interrupta）是荨麻科艾麻属的植物。分布在日本、中南半岛、印度、太平洋岛屿、斯里兰卡、爪哇、台湾岛、非洲、菲律宾以及中国大陆的云南等地，生长于海拔600米至950米的地区，多生在山坡密林下。