Genus Laportea — ArchonApp

Latin Name	Observation date	Location
Genus Laportea	May 01 2025	Buket Alue Puteh, Aceh, Indonesia

Hi everyone, if you are a nature lover and so far you often do adventures in the forest around you or in the forest far from your home, then today I want to show you some photos of one type of wild plant that you need to be aware of when adventuring because this plant will be a problem for you if there is direct contact, some time ago when exploring in the forest not far from my house I once felt itching and burning all over my feet because I came into contact with the leaves of this plant without me realizing it and it was a very bad experience, from that incident I am always careful when exploring because I don't want to get the same problem from this magical plant.

This is one of the wild plants that is popularly known as "jelatang" in Indonesia, while scientifically this plant is known as "Genus Laportea".

Is this plant familiar to you?

The Genus Laportea is known for its leaves which are covered in fine hairs and contain irritants, but behind its defense, this plant is also believed to contain many nutrients, some people have cooked Genus Laportea leaves as vegetables after boiling them for a long enough time to eliminate toxins, the iron, calcium and vitamin A content makes it very nutritious, however, I personally have never done such an activity, so in this post I do not invite you to cook Genus Laportea leaves as vegetables because I am worried about your health, but if you insist on trying and you like challenges, then my suggestion is that at least you have a sufficient understanding of the side effects of this wild plant.

Camera used	smartphone
Lens	-
Photography	Genus Laportea
Location	Buket Alue Puteh
Photographer	@lightofhope

Link to original	community
Link	https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277320210

Latitude Longitude	Map
=5.080479	=97.46383	https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.0804793232&mlon=97.4638302997

I use a local cousin of this plant, to great peripheral neuropathy in my big toes. At first, I could not feel anything from the plant touching the end of my toes.. And the random pains that would send me to laying on my back and breathing deep.. Like somebody driving nails into my toes.. They continued... But day by day, the plant began to give a feeling of tingles and then a little bit of pricking pain... And the much worse pain stopped happening. It has been about five years and it only returned a little bit, once... And I made another few treatments with "nettles" in English.."ortigas" in Spanish... And that was about a year and a half ago.. With no pains now.

I can understand something from your comment, and it seems like I just got enlightenment about the world of health that can be obtained even from dangerous plants, if most people will avoid this plant because of the itching and burning sensation caused by touch, but on the other hand it turns out that this plant is a natural medicine for you, that sounds amazing.

hope your feet are fine and healed 💯

I have my doubts whether or not this plant exists in my area. I think I have seen it but it does not appear in the distribution map for my area.

If you live in a tropical or subtropical area, it is likely that this plant will grow and you will be able to find it. This plant often grows in bushes with moist soil conditions.

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Beautiful macro photographs my friend. thanks for share with us. .

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