Giant Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide excelsa)
Dendrocnide excelsa is a large rainforest stinging tree from eastern Australia. Its hairs deliver a potent neurotoxin causing extremely intense, long-lasting pain.
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Synonyms
Laportea gigas Wedd.
Urera excelsa Wedd.
Urera rotundifolia Wedd.
Urticastrum gigas (Wedd.) Kuntze
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderRosales
- familyUrticaceae
- genusDendrocnide
- speciesDendrocnide excelsa