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    (c) Lorenzo Bertola, all rights reserved

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    (c) ebony_potts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Daniel Meier, all rights reserved

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    (c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) sworboys, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Nick Lambert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Gympie Stinging Tree

Dendrocnide moroides

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Dendrocnide moroides, also known as the stinging brush, mulberry-leaved stinger, gympie gympie, gympie, gympie stinger, stinger, the suicide plant, or moonlighter, is common to rainforest areas in the north east of Australia. It is best known for stinging hairs that cover the whole plant and deliver a potent neurotoxin when touched. It is the most toxic of the Australian species of stinging trees. The fruit is edible if the stinging hairs that cover it are removed.

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