Cnidoscolus urens

Tags: Flowering Plant.

Cnidoscolus urens is a perennial tropical American stinging herb belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae and is one of some 100 species belonging to the genus Cnidoscolus (Gk. knidē-nettle skōlos-thorn Latin urens-burning). The plant is locally known as ‘bull nettle’ ‘spurge nettle’ and ‘mala mujer’ (evil woman).This species has an erect stem and is herbaceous when young turning woody with age and from 50 to 150 centimeters tall.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus

class

Dicotyledon

division

Flowering plant

family

Euphorbiaceae

genus

Cnidoscolus

kingdom

Plant

order

Malpighiales

synonym

*''Jatropha urens (L.), *''Jussieuia herbacea (Houst.), *''Manihot urens (L.) Crantz), *Bivonea urens (L.) Arthur), *Cnidoscolus michauxii (Cham. & Schltdl.), *Janipha urens (L.) Poir. ex Pohl)