Dendrocnide moroides

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Dendrocnide moroides, commonly known in Australia as the stinging tree, stinging bush, or gympie-gympie, and also sometimes referred to as the suicide plant, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae found in rainforest areas of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. It is notorious for its extremely painful and long-lasting sting. The common name gympie-gympie comes from the language of the indigenous Gubbi Gubbi people of south-eastern Queensland.

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