Dendrocnide moroides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dendrocnide moroides also known as the Gympie Gympie , moonlighter or stinger is a large shrub native to rainforest areas in North Eastern Australia, the Moluccas and Indonesia. It is best kn...
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Dendrocnide excelsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Giant Stinging Tree is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs from Tathra, New South Wales to Imbil in south eastern Queensland. Very common at Dorrigo National Park and other rai...
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Rainforest Stinging Tree, photos and text. Courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland, Australia ... ; Stinging Tree; ; Photo: C & D Frith; Australia's Wet Tropics Rainforest Life...
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This is a large canopy tree which grows to about 40m in height, with a trunk diameter of nearly 4.5m at the base. The trunk is deeply fluted and has thick buttresses. Bark is light in colour covered with many raised lenticels.
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Lamington National Park is part of a World Heritage Area and is reknown throughout the world due to the size of the park, the unique flora and fauna; and the sheer beauty of the mountains and rainforest. ... Lamington National Park Websit ... Lamington National Park is located in Queensland, Australia. It is situated...
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Photo of the Australian Stinging Tree, Dendrocnide moroides ... This is a dangerous plant. ... Physical contact with this plant should be avoided. The stems and leaves are coated with fine hairs which when imbedded in the skin cause severe pain and irritation for prolonged periods.
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The two species are similar, but can be distinguished by the leaf stalk, which is attached at the margin of the leaf in giant stinging tree (Dendrocnide excelsa), while in the stinging tree or Gimpie-gimpie (Dendrocnide moroides), the leaf stalk is attached some distance from the margin.,Stinging trees Plants and mushrooms ...
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Photographer: Fagg, M. ANBG Photo No.: a.2620; Taken at : Bunya Mtn National Park QLD; enlarge image ... Australian Plant Image Index ... Australian National Botanic Gardens ; Australian National Herbarium;
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The Giant Stinging trees found in Australia. ... The giant stinging tree grows in the rainforests of coastal Queensland and New South Wales. It prefers to grow in drier areas of rainforests, especially in clear or disturbed areas of forest. It can grow to up to 40 metres high and has a trunk of nearly 4.5metres in diameter.
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Dont let the heartshaped leaves fool you. ... Case and point: the stinging tree. Don't let the heart shaped leaves of Dendrocnide moroide and other stinging tree species fool you. They are covered in fine, silica hairs chock full of a painful, unidentified neurotoxin.
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