Urtica incisa
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Urtica |
| Species: | U. incisa |
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Urtica incisa, scrub nettle, is an up-right perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of south-eastern Australia.
[edit] Growth
Scrub nettle leaves are triangular and opposite, 5-12 cm long, with serated margins and stinging hairs.
[edit] Uses
Aborigines ate the leaves after baking them between hot stones. They are considered a tasty vegetable, with colonists also using it to make a tonic for "clearing the blood".[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Low,T., Wild Food Plants of Australia, 1988. ISBN 0-207-16930-6
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