Urticaceae

205 edible species

Family of herbaceous plants and shrubs including nettles; some species edible when cooked to remove stinging hairs.

Boehmeria glomerulifera

Teshi Huyes

Edible: Leaves

Boehmeria japonica

Edible: Root, Leaves

Boehmeria longispica

Edible: Leaves, Root

Boehmeria macrophylla

Chalnesisnu, African jolanettle

Edible: Leaves

Boehmeria nipononivea

Edible: Leaves, Roots

Boehmeria nivea

Ramie

Edible: Root, Leaves, Seeds - oil, Flowers, Stem

Boehmeria penduliflora

Edible: Stems, Leaves

Boehmeria spicata

Edible: Leaves

Boehmeria tricuspis

Edible: Leaves, Stems

Boehmeria tricuspis var. unicuspis

Edible: Leaves

Boehmeria virgata

Edible: Medicine

Cecropia angulata

Edible: Leaves - tea

Cecropia angustifolia

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia distachya

Two spike pumpwood

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia ficifolia

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia glaziovii

Red snakewood tree

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia hololeuca

White pumpwood

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia insignis

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia membranacea

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia montana

Mountain pumpwood

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia obtusifolia

Trumpet tree

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia palmata

Snakewood tree, Trumpet tree

Edible: Fruit, Buds

Cecropia peltata

Trumpet tree, Cecropia

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Flowers

Cecropia pittieri

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia purpurascens

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia saxatilis

Edible: Fruit

Cecropia sciadophylla

Igarata pumpwood

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - flavouring, Roots - drink

Coussapoa asperifolia

Wax fruit

Edible: Fruit

Coussapoa asperifolia subsp. magnifolia

Cibuero

Edible: Fruit

Coussapoa brevipes

Short stalk coussapoa

Coussapoa duquei

Dugue coussapoa

Edible: Fruit

Coussapoa nitida

Ubilla

Edible: Fruit

Cypholophus gjellerupii

Cypholophus nummularis

Edible: Leaves, Fruit ?

Debregeasia edulis

Water hemp

Edible: Fruit

Debregeasia hypoleuca - (Hochst.)Wedd.

Edible: Fruit

Debregeasia longifolia

Long-leaved water hemp, Wild rhea

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Debregeasia orientalis

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers

Debregeasia wallichiana

Edible: Fruit

Dendrocnide basirotunda

Edible: Fruit

Dendrocnide excelsa

Giant stinging tree

Edible: Fruit, Fruit stalk

Dendrocnide longifolia

Edible: Fruit ?

Dendrocnide moroides

Gympie stinger, Mulberry-leaved Stinger, Stinging bush

Edible: Fruit

Dendrocnide photinophylla

Shiny-leaved Stinging Tree, Mulberry-leaved Stinging Tree

Edible: Fruit

Dendrocnide rechingeri

Dendrocnide sinuata

Devil nettle, Fever nettle

Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Seeds - spice

Dendrocnide stimulans

Malay nettle tree

Edible: Seeds

Dendrocnide ternatensis

Dendrocnide vitiensis

Edible: Leaves - tea

Didymodoxa capensis

Edible: Vegetable

Droguetia debilis

Edible: Leaves ?

Droguetia iners

Elatostema acuminatum

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema beccarii

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Elatostema blechnoides

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Elatostema cuneatum

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema dissectum

Gungee

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Elatostema involucratum

Edible: Shoots, Stem, Seeds

Elatostema laetevirens

Edible: Leaves, Stem

Elatostema lineolatum

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema macintyrei

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Elatostema macrophyllum

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema mongiensis

Elatostema nasutum

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema novae-britanniae

Ufu'ufu, Sautalau

Edible: ?

Elatostema novoguineense

Edible: Stem

Elatostema pulchellum

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema reticulatum

Rainforest Spinach, Soft Nettle

Edible: Leaves, Stem

Elatostema rudicaule

Elatostema serra

Edible: Leaves

Elatostema umbellatum var. majus

Forsskaolea viridis

Desert nettle

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Girardinia bullosa

Edible: Leaves

Girardinia diversifolia - (Link.)Friis.

Himalayan Nettle

Edible: Leaves

Girardinia palmata

Nilgiri nettle

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Girardinia platyphylla

Edible: Leaves

Gonostegia hirta

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Root - starch

Laportea aestuans

Stinging nettle

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Laportea bulbifera - (Siebold.&Zucc.)Weddel.

Edible: Leaves

Laportea canadensis - (L.)Wedd.

Canadian Wood Nettle

Edible: Leaves

Laportea macrostachya - (Maxim.)Ohwi.

Edible: Leaves

Laportea mooreana

Edible: Leaves

Laportea ovalifolia

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Laportea peduncularis

River nettle

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Lecanthus wallichii

Chaul

Edible: Shoots, Leaves

Leucosyke capitellata

Edible: Leaves

Leucosyke corymbulosa

Ala'alatoa

Edible: Leaves - tea

Leucosyke quadrinervia

Edible: Leaves

Musanga cecropioides

Corkwood

Edible: Fruit Inner bark Sap

Myrianthus arboreus

Giant yellow mulberry, Monkeyfruit

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Oil, Seed

Myrianthus cuneifolius

Edible: Fruit - medicine

Myrianthus preussii

Edible: Fruit

Myrianthus preussii subsp. seretii

Edible: Fruit

Myriocarpa longipes

Chichicaste tree

Edible: Leaves

Rock tree nettle, Mountain nettle

Edible: Leaves

Oreocnide integrifolia

Edible: Flowers

Oreocnide rubescens

Stinging tree

Edible: Leaves, Stems