EMERGENCY FOOD PLANTS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



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white to very dark purple or even red. A number of different 

 species occur in Malaya, some without stinging hairs. Parts 

 of the flowers and the pods are covered with many stiff, easily 



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FIGURE 107. — Tree nettle (Laportea) . 



detached, stinging hairs ((C), fig. 108 much enlarged). 

 While distinctly irritating, they are not poisonous, being 

 mechanical irritants. One should avoid getting these stinging 



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