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Rainforest spinach (Elatostema reticulatum)

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: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Urticaceae

              • Genus: Elatostema