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Stinging Nettle - Kahambiliya

Stinging Nettle is a climbing vine, native to Sri Lanka and it is a medicinal plant in Ayurveda. The plant has stinging hairs that irritation, itching or burning upon contact with skin. The plant is consider as weed and rarely seen on scrub jungle or forest margin or in wild mostly in low country. Distribution of the Climbing Nettle plan is low but remain the growth for 25 years or more in same area or place if not control well.
Stinging Nettle Vine- Kahambiliya
Common Classification
Common NamesStinging Nettle, Climbing Nettle
Scientific NameTragia hispida
Sinhala NameKahambiliya
Scientific Classification
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
GenusTragia
SpeciesT. hispida
SynonymTragia involucrata var. hispida 
Ecology
CategoryWeed-Herb-Wild
Growth HabitVine
DurationPerennial
OriginIndigenous
StatusNatural
Property
Culinary / EdibleNo
Use as HerbYes
Other Usen/a
Poisoned / ToxinYes*
Identification
SLF 0000





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