Rainforest spinach

(Elatostema reticulatum)

galery

Description

Rainforest spinach is a coarse, straggling, evergreen, herbaceous perennial herb with stems growing 50 - 100cm tall. The stems tend to sprawl over the ground, often handing from rock faces The leaves are harvested from the wild for local consumption.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Rosales
Family:Urticaceae
Genus:Elatostema
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