Dendrocnide sinuata(Blume) Chew

WFO wfo-0000641057 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Rama Narayanan
fig. a Rama Narayanan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-01 / obs. 179147298
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Rohit Naniwadekar
fig. b Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110291586
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42157420
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60575911
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42857107
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66117717
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65983272
Dendrocnide sinuata, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. h T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192077786

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Dendrocnide sinuata is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTibetAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Christmas I.
Native distribution of Dendrocnide sinuata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Christmas I. XMS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dendrocnide crenulata Miq.
  • Dendrocnide pulus (Steud.) Chew
  • Laportea crenulata Gaudich.
  • Laportea crenulata (Miq.) Wedd.
  • Laportea integrifolia C.Y.Wu
  • Urera crenulata (Miq.) Wedd.
  • Urera javaenensis (Poir. ex Gaudich.) Gaudich. ex Wedd.
  • Urtica ardens Blume
  • Urtica churta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Urtica crenulata Roxb.
  • Urtica javaensis Poir. ex Gaudich.
  • Urtica obnoxia Hassk.
  • Urtica pulus Steud.
  • Urtica sinuata Blume
  • Urticastrum crenulatum (Roxb.) A.Lyons

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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