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  2. Dendrocnide sinuata - Wikipedia

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    Dendrocnide sinuata (meaning "tree nettle" with "wavy leaf margin" in Greek) is a poisonous plant called pulutus, [1] pulus, [1] stinging tree, [1] fever nettle, [citation needed] or elephant nettle, [2] growing in subtropical wet evergreen forests throughout Asia. [3] Some of its uses in herbal medicine have been scientifically validated. [4]

  3. Urtica dioica - Wikipedia

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    Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, [2] it is now found worldwide.

  4. Cnidoscolus stimulosus - Wikipedia

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    Cnidoscolus stimulosus, the bull nettle, [1] spurge nettle, stinging nettle, tread-softly or finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs, native to southeastern North America. A member of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), it is not a true nettle .

  5. What Is Stinging Nettle? 5 Painless Ways to Get Rid of This ...

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    The “sting” of stinging nettle comes from minuscule, needle-like hairs on the leaves of this tough perennial plant. The hairs penetrate the skin as soon as you brush against it.

  6. Paresthesia - Wikipedia

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    Paresthesia, also known as pins and needles, is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause. [1] Paresthesia may be transient or chronic, and may have many possible underlying causes. [ 1 ]

  7. Urtica massaica - Wikipedia

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    Urtica massaica is a species of flowering plant in the Urticaceae (nettle family) known by many English names, including Maasai stinging nettle and forest nettle. [1] It is native to Africa, where it can be found in Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. [1] This plant is a rhizomatous perennial herb up to 2 meters tall. It is ...

  8. Stinging plant - Wikipedia

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    Stinging hairs of Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) A stinging plant or a plant with stinging hairs is a plant with hairs on its leaves or stems that are capable of injecting substances that cause pain or irritation. Other plants, such as opuntias, have hairs or spines that cause mechanical irritation, but do not inject chemicals.

  9. Dendrocnide cordifolia - Wikipedia

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    Dendrocnide cordifolia, commonly known as the stinging tree, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae endemic to the Atherton Tablelands, southwest of Cairns, Queensland. Contact with the plant (like many others in the family) results in a painful sting, however the intensity and duration of the pain from this plant is extreme.